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. 1968 Dec;43(12):1913–1918. doi: 10.1104/pp.43.12.1913

Relation Between Simultaneous Ca and Sr Transport Rates in Isolated Segments of Vetch, Barley, and Pine Roots 1

Maxine E Hutchin 1, Burton E Vaughan 1
PMCID: PMC1087103  PMID: 5725599

Abstract

Root segments of vetch, barley, and pine were exposed to a nutrient solution containing 85Sr and 45Ca tracers. Translocation was measured from solutions containing stable ions at concentrations of 2.5 mm Ca, and at either 0.5 mm or 2.5 mm Sr. Polar transport was established between 12 and 18 hr in barley, and between 16 and 22 hr in vetch. Acropetal transport remained below 5% of basipetal transport of tracer during these intervals. Transport in both vetch and barley usually declined before an elapsed time of 24 hr unlike corn, which maintained its steady state beyond 24 hr. Pine was radically different in that it showed no difference between acropetal and basipetal transport rates and had very low rates. Sr transport in all plants studied to date paralleled that of Ca and the ratio Sr:Ca transported was equal to the ratio Sr:Ca in the nutrient. In vetch, stable Ca transport was reduced to one-fifth when Sr concentration was increased from 0.5 mm to 2.5 mm. Yet stable Sr transport did not change, indicating that the effect on transport was not due to competitive inhibition. A similar effect was less pronounced in barley, but could not be detected in pine. The magnitude of the transport rates varied considerably among the various species, corn having the greatest followed by barley, vetch, and pine in decreasing order. Transport did not correlate with root weight or surface area; it amounted to from 0.03 to 0.60 nanomoles per hr in these experiments as compared to 7 nanomoles per hr previously established in corn (in all cases, 55 mm segments, sectioned 10 mm from apex).

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