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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
Volume 51, Issue 345, Pages 755-768Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jexbot/51.345.755
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O-2-microelectrode; meristem respiration; spatial distribution; root system architecture; Prunus persica (L.) Batsch
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Root system architecture partially results from meristem activities, which themselves depend on endogenous and environmental factors, such as O-2 depletion. In this study, meristem respiration and growth was measured in the root systems of three Prunus persica (L.) Batsch seedlings. The spatial distribution of meristem respiration within the root system was described, and the relationship between the respiration rates and meristem radii was analysed, using a model of radial O-2 diffusion and consumption within the root. Histological observations were also used to help interpret the results. Respiration rates were linearly correlated to the root growth rates (rho(2) = 0.9). Respiration reached values greater than 3.5 x 10(-13) mol O-2 s(-1) for active meristems. The taproot meristem consumed more O-2 than the rest of the entire root system meristems. Similarly, the first order lateral meristems used more O-2 than the second order ones. A near hyperbolic relationship between respiration rates and meristem radii was observed. This can be explained by a model of radial O-2 diffusion and consumption within the root. Therefore, only one maximum potential respiration rate and one O-2 diffusion coefficient was estimated for all the meristems.
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