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PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
Volume 24, Issue 4, Pages 407-417Publisher
BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2001.00689.x
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C-15; N-13; (leaf) growth zone; reserves; sink; steady-state labelling
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The effect of defoliation on the deposition of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) and the contribution of reserves and current assimilates to the use of C and N in expanding leaf tissue of severely defoliated perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) was assessed with a new material element approach. This included C-13/C-12-and N-15/N-14-steady-state labelling of all post-defoliation assimilated C and N, analysis of tissue expansion and displacement in the growth zone, and investigation of the spatial and temporal changes in substrate and label incorporation in the expanding elements prior to and after defoliation. The relationship between elemental expansion and C deposition was not altered by defoliation, but total C deposition in the growth zone was decreased due to decreased expansion of tissue at advanced developmental stages and a shortening of the growth zone. The N deposition per unit expansion was increased following defoliation, suggesting that N supply did not limit expansion. Transition from reserve- to current assimilation-derived growth was rapid (<1 d for carbohydrates and approximately 2 d for N), more rapid than suggested by label incorporation in growth zone biomass. The N deposition was highest near the leaf base, where cell division rates are greatest, whereas carbohydrate deposition was highest near the location of most active cell expansion. The contribution of reserve-derived relative to current assimilation-derived carbohydrates (or N) to deposition was very similar for elements at different stages of expansion.
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