Abstract
The early geotropic downward bending of corn (Zea mays L.) coleoptiles was found to be influenced by red and blue light. The coleoptiles were illuminated from above and kept in the dark for defined intervals; afterwards they were positioned horizontally and their curvature was monitored for 40 min. After illumination with red light and a 120 min interval and early upward bending instead of an early downward bending was found. This effect was nullified by a far-red illumination administered immediately after exposure to red light. These results indicate that the phytochrome system influences the geotropic reaction. After illumination with blue light and a 30 min interval little downward bending was found. This result corresponds well with the findings of earlier authors who measured the late geotropic reaction, on the basis of the hypothesis that the strength of the early downward bending is a measure of the geotropic sensitivity. The dose-effect curve of the blue light influence on geotropic sensitivity, measured by early downward bending, is very similar to the dose-effect curve of the phototropic curvature of corn coleoptiles. This fact together with the earlier finding of similar adaptation times of about 30 min suggests the existence of some common transducers in the reaction chain of phototropism and geotropism.
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Abbreviations
- HR:
-
Hellrot
- DR:
-
Dunkelrot
- D:
-
Dunkel
- WT:
-
Wartezeit
- DK:
-
Dunkelkontrolle
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Hild, V. Wirkung von Vorbestrahlung mit Rot- oder Blaulicht auf die geotropische Empfindlichkeit von Maiskoleoptilen. Planta 133, 309–314 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00380694
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