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PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 42, Issue 5, Pages 538-545Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pce066
Keywords
aluminum toxicity; calcium; cation amelioration; Gouy-Chapman-Stern model; magnesium; soybean
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The mechanistic basis for cation amelioration of Al rhizotoxicity in soybean was investigated through a series of studies comparing protective effects of Ca and Mg against Al inhibition of root elongation in a background 0.8 mM CaSO4 solution (pH 4.3), A modified Gouy-Chapman-Stern model was used to evaluate the effect of cations on electrical potential and Al3+ activity at root plasma membrane surfaces, Activities of Al3+ up to 4.6 muM in the background solution inhibited soybean tap root elongation by more than 80%, There was little or no response in root elongation when Ca and Mg were added to background solutions in the absence of Al. When added to Al-toxic solutions in the micromolar concentration range, Mg was 100-fold more effective than Ca in alleviating Al toxicity, whereas both cations were equally effective when added in the millimolar concentration range. The protective effect of micromolar additions of Mg on root elongation was specific for Al and it failed to alleviate La rhizotoxicity, In contrast to wheat, Mg amelioration of Al toxicity to soybean root elongation at low Mg concentration could not be explained by changes in potential and Al3+ activity at the root plasma membrane surfaces as predicted by a Gouy-Chapman-Stern model, These results suggest that Mg is not acting as an indifferent cation when present at low concentration and implies the involvement of a mechanism other than pure electrostatic effects at the root surface.
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