Carbohydrate Supply and N2 Fixation in Soybean 1: The Effect of Varied Daylength and Stem Girdling
AUTOR(ES)
Walsh, Kerry B.
RESUMO
When arrival of shoot supplied carbohydrate to the nodulated root system of soybean was interrupted by stem girdling, stem chilling, or leaf removal, nodule carbohydrate pools were utilized, and a marked decline in the rates of CO2 and H2 evolution was observed within approximately 30 minutes of treatment. Nodule excision studies demonstrated that the decline in nodulated root respiration was associated with nodule rather than root metabolism, since within 3.5 hours of treatment, nodules respired at less than 10% of the initial rates. Apparently, a continuous supply of carbohydrate from the shoot is required to support nodule, but not root, function. Depletion of nodular carbohydrate pools was sufficient to account for the (diminishing) nodule respiration of girdled plants. Of starch and soluble sugar pools within the whole plant, only leaf starch exhibited a diurnal variation which was sufficient to account for the respiratory carbon loss of nodules over an 8 hour night. Under 16 hour nights, or in continuous dark, first the leaf starch pools were depleted, and then nodule starch reserves declined concomitant with a decrease in the rates of CO2 and H2 evolution from the nodules. Nodule soluble sugar levels were maintained in dark treated plants but declined in girdled plants. The depletion of starch in root nodules is an indicator of carbohydrate limitation of nodule function.
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