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JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 165, Issue 13, Pages 1352-1359Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2007.10.016
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flooding; fruit quality; lycopene; metabolite profiting; nitrate
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- French INRA
- Comite Mixte Franco-Tunisien pour la Cooperation Universitaire (CMCU) [03G0209]
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Here we examined the effects of root hypoxia (1-2% oxygen) on the physiology of the plant and on the biochemical composition of fruits in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum cv. Micro-Tom) plants submitted to gradual. root hypoxia at first flower anthesis. Root hypoxia enhanced nitrate absorption with a concomitant release of nitrite and ammonium into the medium, a reduction of leaf photosynthetic activity and chlorophyll, content, and an acceleration of fruit maturation, but did not affect final fruit size. Quantitative metabolic profiting of mature pericarp extracts by H-1 NMR showed that levels of major metabolites including sugars, organic acids and amino acids were not modified. However, ammonium concentration increased dramatically in fruit flesh, and ascorbate and lycopene concentrations decreased. Our data indicate that the unfavorable effects of root hypoxia on fruit quality cannot be explained by two of the well-known effects of root hypoxia on the plant, namely a decrease in photosynthesis or an excess in ethylene production, but may instead result from disturbances in the supply of either growth regulators or ammonium, by the roots. (C) 2007 Elsevier GmbH. All. rights reserved.
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