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Amino acids in root exudates of cotton

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Cotton-field soils from a wilt-free zone (KPT) and from a wilt-sick zone (PLD), and root exudates of diploid and amphidiploid cotton strains grown in KPT and PLD soils were analyzed for 13 free amino acids employing microbiological assay techniques. Test organisms used wereLactobacillus arabinosus 17/5 andLeuconostoc mesenteroides P. 60.

Arginine, proline, lysine, serine, glycine, cystine, and tyrosine occurred in both the soils; amounts of these were higher in PLD soil than in KPT soil.

Seven to eleven amino acids were found in the root exudates of cotton. Aspartic acid, threonine (in one), phenylalanine and leucine were found in root exudates but not in the control soils. Diploid strains were found to exude greater amounts of amino acids than the amphidiploid strains. Comparing the effect of the two soils tested, it was found that amino acids in exudates of plants grown in PLD soil were higher except in the case of one diploid strain.

In the inoculated series, amino acids in the exudates were markedly lower than the respective healthy controls in the diploid strains. In the exudates of amphidiploid strains also, amino acid contents were reduced but to a lesser extent.

Significance of occurrence of cystine in the exudates of some strains is indicated.

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Sulochana, M.C.B. Amino acids in root exudates of cotton. Plant Soil 16, 312–326 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01381342

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