Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Calcium and calmodulin inhibitor effects on the growth of carrot (Daucus carota L.) and radish (Raphanus sativus L.) in nutrient culture

  • Short Communication
  • Published:
Plant Growth Regulation Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Growth of carrot and radish seedlings in nutrient culture was inhibited by pretreatment with three calmodulin inhibitors. There was little selective effect on specific organs, shoots, tap root and fibrous roots over a range of concentrations. Although pretreatment with CaCl2 (0.5 mM) did not affect growth of untreated seedlings, it partially reduced the inhibitory effects of trifluoperazine over the concentration range 0.01–0.05 mM. Trifluoperazine reduced the growth of GA3-treated seedlings but did not overcome the modifying effect of GA3 in favouring shoot/root ratio; ABA exacerbated its inhibitory effect on overall seedling growth and particularly on tap root development.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Abbreviations

GA3 :

gibberellic acid

ABA:

abscisic acid

CaCl2 :

calcium chloride

GAs:

gibberellins

Tfp:

trifluoperazine

References

  1. Bush DS, Biswas AK and Jones RL (1989) Gibberellic acid-stimulated Ca2+ accumulation in endoplasmic reticulum of barley aleurone: Ca2+ transport and steady state levels. Planta 178: 411–420

    Google Scholar 

  2. Dieter P (1984) Calmodulin and calmodulin-mediated processes in plants. Plant Cell Environ 7: 371–378

    Google Scholar 

  3. Dieter P and Marmé D (1981) Far-red light irradiation of intact corn seedling affects mitochondrial and calmodulin-dependent microsomal Ca2+ transport. Biochem Biophys Res Comm 101: 749–755

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Elliott DC (1980) Calmodulin inhibition prevents plant hormone response. Biochem Internet I: 290–294

    Google Scholar 

  5. Elliott DC (1986) Calcium involvement in plant hormone action. In: Trewavas AJ (ed) Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Calcium in Plant Development, pp 285–292. London: Plenum Press

    Google Scholar 

  6. Elliott DC, Bachelor SM, Cassar RA and Marinos NG (1983) Calmodulin-binding drugs affect responses to cytokinin, auxin, and gibberellic acid. Plant Physiol 72: 219–224

    Google Scholar 

  7. Evans DE, Briars SA and Williams LE (1991) Active calcium transport by cell wall membranes. J Exp Bot 42: 285–303

    Google Scholar 

  8. Hole CC, Thomas TH, Barnes A, Scott PA and Rankin WEF (1984) Dry matter distribution between shoot and storage root of carrot, parsnip, radish and red beet. Ann Bot 53: 625–631

    Google Scholar 

  9. Jones RL, Sticher L and Bush DS (1994) Secretion of hydrolases from cereal aleurone cells. In: Hawes CR, Evans DE and Coleman J (eds) Endocytosis, Exocytosis and Vesicle Traffic in Plants. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

    Google Scholar 

  10. Krauss H (1983) Volume regulation in Poterioochromonas. Plant Physiol 71: 169–172

    Google Scholar 

  11. Marmé D (1982) The role of Ca2+ and calmodulin in plants. What's New Plant Physiol 13: 37–40

    Google Scholar 

  12. McKee JMT, Thomas TH and Hole CC (1984) Growth regulator effects on storage root development in carrot. Plant Growth Regul 2: 359–370

    Google Scholar 

  13. Saftner RA and Wyse RE (1984) Effect of plant hormones on sucrose uptake by sugar beet root tissue discs. Plant Physiol 74: 951–955

    Google Scholar 

  14. Saunders MJ and Hepler PK (1983) Calcium antagonists and calmodulin inhibitors block cytokinin-induced bud formation in Funaria. Dev Biol 99: 41–49

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  15. Thomas TH (1985) Photoperiodic and chemical effects on growth and assimilate distribution in carrot (Daucus carota L). Acta Univ Agric Brno XXXIII: 513–522

    Google Scholar 

  16. Thomas TH (1993) Effects of root restriction and growth regulator treatment on the growth of carrot (Daucus carota L.) seedlings. Plant Growth Regul 13: 95–101

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. Thomas TH, Currah IE and Salter PJ (1973) Effect on carrot yield and size distribution of the growth retardants chlormequat chloride and aminozide. Ann Appl Biol 73: 63–70

    Google Scholar 

  18. Thomas TH, Barnes A, Rankin WEF and Hole CC (1983) Dry matter distribution between the shoot and storage root of carrot (Daucus carota L). II. Effects of foliar application of gibberellic acid. Ann Bot 51: 189–199

    Google Scholar 

  19. Thompson JA, Weston GD and Thomas TH (1983) The effects of daminozide on the levels of indol-3yl-acetic acid and gibberellins in radish (Raphanus sativus L) in relation to control of storage root growth. Plant Growth Regul 1: 269–278

    Google Scholar 

  20. Weston GD and Thomas TH (1980) The effect of some growth retardants on the growth of shoots and storage roots of radish. J Hortic Sci 55: 253–257

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Broom's Barn Experimental Station, Higham, 1P28 6NP, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK

    Tudor H. Thomas

Authors
  1. Tudor H. Thomas
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Thomas, T.H. Calcium and calmodulin inhibitor effects on the growth of carrot (Daucus carota L.) and radish (Raphanus sativus L.) in nutrient culture. Plant Growth Regul 16, 299–303 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00024790

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00024790

Key words

Search

Navigation