Abstract
The organic acid content of soybean (Glycine max v. Hodgson) root, stem, and leaf tissue was followed for 33 days after germination. Malonate was the predominant acid in leaf and root tissue, whereas fumarate was predominant in the stem. The malonate concentrations of the stem and root showed similar variations with time, but the leaf response was quite different. In nodules from 33-day-old plants, malonate was the predominant acid. Malonate levels in root and nodule tissue of 33-day-old plants were depressed in response to the addition of either nitrate or ammonia. Nodule tissue had a higher malonate concentration on nitrate nitrogen than it did on ammonium nitrogen, whereas root tissue had the higher malonate concentration on ammonium nitrogen. Analysis of organic acid concentrations of roots as a function of age and distance from the root tip in young soybean seedlings revealed a zone consistently high in malate. The malonate level in the entire root rose dramatically in tissue of age 96 to 120 hours.
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