Abstract
Floating Avena sativa L. cv Victory coleoptile segments were used to determine whether the straight-growth indoleacetic acid (IAA) assay can be reconciled with the Avena curvature assay and the Cholodny-Went theory of photo- and gravitropism. Measurements of segment length after 5 h yield sigmoid-shaped IAA dose-response curves with the growth rate leveling off at 1 [mu]M. However, measurements made at 24 h generate bell-shaped curves with maximal growth being induced by 10 [mu]M IAA. The difference between short- and long-term IAA dose-response curves is not due to IAA degradation; instead, it is the result of two growth responses to IAA. The initial one is rapid, responds to low concentrations of IAA, and lasts for 12 h. The second response is less sensitive to IAA than the first one. It appears after 6 h but is not obvious until the last 12 h of a 24-h incubation. The profile of short-term IAA dose-response curves reflects the initial growth response, whereas that of the 24-h curve is the sum of both growth responses. Linear-linear plots of 5- and 24-h dose-response curves show that coleoptile segment growth rate is proportional to IAA concentration up to 0.3 [mu]M. When the efficiency of IAA action is taken into account, it is found that the most effective IAA concentration for short and long incubations is 0.4 [mu]M. It is concluded that the Avena straight-growth IAA assay is as sensitive as the Avena coleoptile curvature assay, and that it is consistent with the Cholodny-Went theory.
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