The Effect of Red and Far Red Light on the Desaturation of Fatty Acids in Barley Leaves 1

AUTOR(ES)

Newman, D. W.

RESUMO

Barley (Hordeum vulgare) leaf tissue was either (a) exposed to continuous red light or (b) exposed to red, far red, or red followed by far red light. The fatty acid composition and incorporation of acetate-2-14C into linolenate were determined. Changes occurred in the fatty acid composition of dark-grown barley leaves regardless of whether the plants were subsequently exposed to red light or whether the tissue remained in the dark. Measurements were also made of the fatty acids of the coleoptile. Red light treatment did not reduce the lag period for the synthesis of linolenate when chlorophyll synthesis was inhibited. It appears that the desaturation process per se in the synthesis of linolenate is not phytochrome-mediated but may appear to be phytochrome mediated if, possibly, galactolipid and chlorophyll syntheses occur concomitantly.

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