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. 1970 Feb;45(2):206–209. doi: 10.1104/pp.45.2.206

Effects of Growth Substances on the Absorption and Transport of Iron Plants

Seshadri Kannan a, Thomas Mathew a
PMCID: PMC396382  PMID: 16657304

Abstract

The effects of a number of growth substances on the absorption and translocation of iron were studied in bean plants. Gibberellic acid application to the trifoliate leaf enhanced absorption of Fe applied to the primary leaf. 2-Chloroethyltrimethylammonium chloride increased absorption by the primary leaf while 6-furfurylaminopurine (kinetin) increased the transport of Fe from the primary leaf to other parts. When the roots were pretreated with gibberellic acid, the absorption of Fe by the primary leaf and subsequent transport to the trifoliate leaves were increased. Triiodobenzoic acid reduced the absorption and transport of Fe.

Absorption of Fe by roots and transport to other parts were increased by pretreatment of the roots with gibberellic acid, 2-chloroethyltrimethylammonium chloride or N,N-dimethylaminosuccinamic acid for 3 days. An increase in the transport to other parts of Fe absorbed by roots was obtained when roots were exposed to the growth substances following Fe absorption.

Absorption and transport of Fe in corn plants were much less than those of Rb and phosphate. Absorption and transport of Fe were greater in plants with decorticated roots than in those with intact roots. N,N-Dimethylaminosuccinamic acid significantly promoted the transport of root-absorbed Fe to the shoots of corn plants.

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