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The regeneration of plastids ofSpirodela oligorrhiza grown on a glucose-containing nutrient was investigated. Yellow leaflets transferred to a fresh nutrient turn green again and the lamellar system of their plastids regenerates within 2 days, whether or not exogenous glucose is present in the medium. Green leaflets of the same plant transferred weekly to a fresh nutrient containing glucose keep their green coloration over a period of at least 32 days. It is concluded that in glucose-stimulated plants changes of color and of chloroplast ultrastructure are exclusively induced by a nitrogen deficiency and not by the exogenous glucose itself.
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Grob, E.C., Eichenberger, W. Beiträge zum Stickstoffmetabolismus in grünen Pflanzen. I. Die reversible Plastidenumwandlung in glucosestimulierten Kulturen vonSpirodela oligorrhiza, eine Folge von Stickstoffmangel. Experientia 29, 398–400 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01926743
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