Selective Inhibition of K+, Na+, Cl−, and PO43− Uptake in Zea mays L. by Bipolaris (Helminthosporium) maydis Race T Pathotoxin: Evidence for a Plasmalemma Target Site? 1

AUTOR(ES)

Mertz, Stuart M.

RESUMO

Pathotoxin preparations were obtained from either axenic culture filtrate of race T of Bipolaris maydis (Nisikado) Shoemaker (new culture media and toxin purification procedures are described) or extracts of maize leaves infected with the fungus. The toxins (10−6 to 10−8m) caused inhibition of [86Rb]K+ uptake in leaf discs and apical root segments of Zea mays L. cv W64A Texas (Tcms) and normal (N) cytoplasms. Significant inhibition was measurable as early as 5 min after adding toxin. In Tcms per cent inhibition was increased by increasing toxin concentration and time in toxin, by using solution at pH 5 rather than pH 7, by decreasing external KCl concentration over the range 50 to 0.1 mm (in the presence of 0.5 mm CaSO4), or by exposing leaf discs to light rather than dark during the uptake period in toxin. Root uptake of 22Na+ and 36Cl− was inhibited to a lesser extent than K+. Inhibition of 32PO43− uptake occurred after 40 min when cyclosis had ceased.

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