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PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
Volume 23, Issue 11, Pages 1237-1245Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2000.00628.x
Keywords
Caltha palustris L.; Carex acuta L.; Juncus effusus L.; Ranunculus sceleratus L .; Rumex palustris Sm.; aerenchyma; soil flooding; radial oxygen loss; root growth
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Growth in stagnant, oxygen-deficient nutrient solution increased porosity in adventitious roots of two monocotyledonous (Carex acuta and Juncus effusus) and three dicotyledonous species (Caltha palustris, Ranunculus sceleratus and Rumex palustris) wetland species from 10 to 30% under aerated conditions to 20-45%. The spatial patterns of radial oxygen loss (ROL), determined with root-sleeving oxygen electrodes, indicated a strong constitutive 'barrier' to ROL in the basal root zones of the two monocotyledonous species. In contrast, roots of the dicotyledonous species showed no significant 'barrier' to ROL when grown in aerated solution, and only a partial 'barrier' when grown in stagnant conditions. This partial 'barrier' was strongest in C. palustris, so that ROL from basal zones of roots of R. sceleratus and R. palustris was substantial when compared to the monocotyledonous species. ROL from the basal zones would decrease longitudinal diffusion of oxygen to the root apex, and therefore limit the maximum penetration depth of these roots into anaerobic soil. Further studies of a larger number of dicotyledonous wetland species from a range of substrates are required to elucidate the ecophysiological consequences of developing a partial, rather than a strong, 'barrier' to ROL.
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