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Effect of different sugars on stomatal behaviour inMerremia aegyptia (L.) Urban andM. dissecta Hallier F.

Vliv různých cukrů na změny průdnchů uMerremia aegyptia (L.) Urban aM. dissecta Hallier F.

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Biologia Plantarum

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The effect of mannitol, glucose and sucrose on the stomatal behaviour of two desert species,Merremia aegyptia andM. dissecta has been studied. Stomatal opening did not uniformly depend on the decrease in turgor of the epidermal and subsidiary cells caused by the different osmotic potential of the sugars. Sucrose caused plasmolysis of the subsidiary cells only but this was not accompanied by the opening of the stomatal pore. InM. aegyptia, no plasmolysis was seen either in epidermal or subsidiary cells, even the stomata opened; inM. dissecta, on the other hand, plasmolysis occurred in these cells without any stomatal opening, after incubation in glucose or mannitol. Mannitol is least absorbed, glucose slightly more and sucrose is absorbed to a very large extent in the guard cells when the materials were inoubated in the respective sugar solutions. However, the absorption of these three sugars was almost always larger in isolated epidermal strips than in discs; in detached intact leaves it was still more reduced.

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Sledovali jsme vliv manitolu, glukosy a sacharosy na změny průduchů u dvou druhů pouštní rostliny,Merremia aegyptia aM. dissecta. Otevření průduchů nezáviselo pouze na snížení turgoru epidermálních a podpůmých buněk, které bylo způsobeno různym osmotickým potenciálem cukrů. Sacharosa působila plasmolysu pouze u podpůrných buněk, ale nedošlo k otevření průduchů. Po aplikaci glukosy nebo manitolu uM. aegyptia nedošlo k plasmolyse v epidermálních ani pod-půrných buňkách, i když došlo k otevření průduchů. UM. dissecta došlo u těchto buněk k plasmolyse, ale neotevřely se průduchy. Při aplikaci roztoku cukru určitého složení na pokusné rostliny byl svěracími buňkami absorbován manitol nejméně, glukosa více a sacharosa velmi značně. Absorpce těchto tři cukrů byla téměř vždy větší u isolované epidermis než u disků; v odříznutých celých listech byla ještě více redukována.

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Sharma, S.S., Sen, D.N. Effect of different sugars on stomatal behaviour inMerremia aegyptia (L.) Urban andM. dissecta Hallier F.. Biol Plant 18, 81–87 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02923141

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