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7. The role of plant growth regulators in forest tree cambial growth

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The regulation of cell-division activity in the vascular cambium and of secondary xylem and phloem development is reviewed for temperate-zone tree species in relation to auxins, gibberellins, abscisic acid, cytokinins, and ethylene. Representatives of the first four of these PGR classes (IAA, GA1, GA4, GA7, GA9, GA20, ABA, Z, ZR, DCA) have been identified conclusively by mass spectrometry in the cambial region in some Pinaceae, but not in any hardwood species. Endogenous ethylene has yet to be definitively characterized in this region in any species. Evidence concerning the source and metabolism of cambial PGRs is scanty and inconclusive for both conifers and hardwoods.

Most cambial PGR research has focused on IAA. Much evidence indicates that this PGR is transported primarily in the cambial region at a rate of about 1 cm h−1, and that the transport is basipetally polar. GC-MS measurements have established that endogenous IAA levels in the cambial region of Pinaceae are highest during earlywood development, and that cambial IAA levels may be considerably lower in hardwoods than in conifers. IAA appears to be involved in the control of cambial growth in conifers and hardwoods in at least three specific ways, viz. maintenance of the elongated form of fusiform cambial cells, promotion of radial expansion in primary walls of cambial derivatives, and regulation of reaction wood formation. In addition, it is well established that exogenous IAA promotes vessel development in hardwoods. In both conifers and hardwoods, exogenous IAA stimulates cambial growth in 1-year-old shoots treated late in the dormant period or after the start of the cambial growing period. However, exogenous IAA has little effect on cambia that are older or are in what is hypothesized to be the resting stage of dormancy. Thus it is uncertain whether IAA is directly involved in the control of cambial growth, or acts indirectly through a process such as hormone-directed transport.

It is not yet clear if gibberellins play a role in the control of cambial growth in conifers. However, in hardwoods, there is evidence that they inhibit vessel development and act synergistically with IAA in promoting cambial activity and fiber elongation. In both conifers and hardwoods, foliar sprays of gibberellins increase the accumulation of biomass above-ground, particularly in the main axis, while decreasing it in the roots.

There are as yet no definite conclusions to be drawn concerning the involvement of ABA, cytokinins, and ethylene in the regulation of cambial growth in conifers or hardwoods. In conifers, ABA may antagonize the promotory effect of IAA on cambial cell division and tracheid radial expansion under conditions of water stress, but high endogenous ABA levels do not appear to be associated with the formation of latewood or the onset of cambial dormancy. Some evidence suggests that exogenous cytokinins enhance the promotory effect of IAA on cambial growth, particularly ray formation, in both hardwoods and conifers. However, exogenous cytokinins, by themselves, appear to be ineffective. In hardwoods, ethylene-generating compounds satisfy the chilling requirement of the dormant cambium and promote the formation of wood having an apparently greater content of lignin and extractives. Ethylene-generators also affect wood development in conifers and accelerate cambial growth at the application site in both hardwoods and conifers.

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Little, C.H.A., Savidge, R.A. 7. The role of plant growth regulators in forest tree cambial growth. Plant Growth Regul 6, 137–169 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00043953

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