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. 1977 May;59(5):1004–1007. doi: 10.1104/pp.59.5.1004

Comparison of Auxin-induced and Acid-induced Elongation in Soybean Hypocotyl 1

Larry N Vanderhoef a,2, Tse-Yuan Shen Lu a, Cynthia A Williams a,3
PMCID: PMC543352  PMID: 16659938

Abstract

Acid-induced growth was compared to auxin-induced growth. After a transient pH 4-induced increase in the elongation rate was completed, auxin could still induce an enhanced rate of elongation in soybean (Glycine max) hypocotyl segments. This auxin response occurred both when the medium was changed to pH 6 before auxin addition, and when the auxin was added directly to the pH 4 medium. This postacid response to auxin was persistent, and quite unlike a postacid response to acid, which was again shortlived. One mm N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N′-2-ethanesulfonic acid (pH 7) inhibited the first response to auxin (the first response to auxin being similar to the acid response), but not the second response. This did not appear to be simply a hydrogen ion neutralizing effect, however, since a 50-fold increase in buffer concentration at pH 6 did not inhibit the first response. Decrease in the pH of the external medium, previously shown to occur with excised soybean hypocotyl segments, was not affected by auxin. Furthermore, this pH drop, during which the cells appear to be adjusting their external pH to about 5.4, did not result in an increased rate of elongation. Addition of auxin after the equilibrium pH had been attained did not alter the pH, but it did increase the rate of elongation, eliciting a normal auxin response. It was concluded that hydrogen ions do not mediate in long term auxin-induced elongation in soybean hypocotyl.

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