Abstract
A method of plant culture was developed for growing large leaves of glandless cotton on single stems. Chloroplasts isolated from these leaves actively reduced ferricyanide when assayed for the Hill reaction. Hill reaction activity increased 133% when the 0.5 m sucrose isolation medium was replaced with 10% (w/v) polyethylene glycol, both buffered at pH 7.6. The presence of 2 or 5% (w/v) bovine serum albumin in the sucrose buffer did not increase Hill activity. Ferricyanide reduction in the dark occurred in all assays, and the possibility of gossypol as the reductant is discussed. Half-life of the chloroplasts stored in 10% glycerol at −23 C was 23 days. The ammonium ion at 0.01 m enhanced Hill reaction activity up to 171%. Leaves containing chloroplasts with the highest Hill reaction activity were found near the 8th node below the apex. Leaf water potentials less than −28 bars reduced the activity about 50%. Daylight conditions during the winter months in the greenhouse reduced the activity about 30%.
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