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The nutritional status of the apical meristem of Lactuca sativa as affected by NaCl salinization: An electron-probe microanalytic study.

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:A volume of tissue of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) plants extending 2 mm basipetally from the apical meristem and including leaf primordia and young expanding leaves was surveyed using electron-probe microanalysis (EPMA) on both frozen-hydrated and freeze-dried samples. This analysis was carried out either 2 or 5 d following NaCl salinization of the medium from the 10 mol · m(--3) control level up to 80 mol · m(--3). The objective was the investigation of possible changes in the nutritional status of the apical meristem that might account for some aspects of salt-induced growth inhibition. Sodium and chloride increased significantly in tissues basal to the apical meristem, while both phosphorus and potassium decreased in the same region. These changes were evident in specimens collected just 2 d after the commencement of salinization (20 h after completion of the salinization) and were not exacerbated by an additional 3 d of treatment; they were present in tissue as close as 100 μm to the meristem and extending down to 500 μm. The apical 10-50 μm were relatively protected from both the increase in sodium and chloride and the decrease in phosphorus and potassium that occurred in more basal regions. Young leaves (up to 1.5 mm in length) appear to control their own mineral nutrient levels when challenged by salinization of the medium, presumably because of altered growth. A decrease in the concentration of total Ca as a result of salinization was significant in cells 500 μm basal to the meristem, but was evident as a tendency in the data even within the first 50 μm. Using an improved automatic method for the analysis of calcium by EPMA, it was found that total Ca was reduced by salinization, especially in basal regions (500 μm below the apex) and also in young leaves (1-1.5 mm in length). We suggest that the nutrition of the shoot apical meristem may be disturbed soon after salinization and that the shoot meristem might be the source of a signal to expanding leaves, as well as exerting its own direct influence over leaf emergence.

journal_name

Planta

journal_title

Planta

authors

Lazof D,Läuchli A

doi

10.1007/BF00195334

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1991-06-01 00:00:00

pages

334-42

issue

eissn

0032-0935

issn

1432-2048

journal_volume

184

pub_type

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The nutritional status of the apical meristem of Lactuca sativa as affected by NaCl salinization: An electron-probe microanalytic study.