Temperature- and seed-batch-related variation in the kinetic behaviour of phytochrome under
J K Wall1, C A Kilsby, C B Johnson
1Department of Botany, Plant Science Laboratories, University of Reading, Whiteknights, RG6 2AS, Reading, UK.
Abstract:
The characteristics of the 'high-irradiance response' (HIR) of plant photomorphogenesis are thought to be the result of the interaction of both the light and dark reactions of phytochrome. Thus any variation in the rates of the dark reactions may be expected to lead to variation in the characteristics of the HIR. We report here substantial differences in the rates of the dark reactions between different seed batches of a single species (Sinapis alba L.), and also between different organs of seedlings from each of the batches of seed. Calculations of phytochrome dynamics from the measured dark-reaction rates show that the behaviour of Pfr under HIR conditions will vary considerably according to seed batch and seedling organ. Much larger differences in dark-reaction rates, and the resulting phytochrome dynamics, were found between 25° and 10° C. These lead to the prediction that the HIR will be much reduced at the lower temperature, and may be absent in some cases.
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