Co-Authors:
Ben-Hayyim, G., Laboratoire de Biologie de la Rhizosphère, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 78026 Versailles Cedex, France
Damon, J.-P., Laboratoire de Biologie de la Rhizosphère, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 78026 Versailles Cedex, France
Martin-Tanguy, J., Laboratoire de Physioparasitologie, Station Amélioration des Plantes, INRA, 21034 Dijon Cedex, France
Tepfer, D., Laboratoire de Biologie de la Rhizosphère, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 78026 Versailles Cedex, France
Abstract:
Plant roots provide anchorage and absorb the water and minerals necessary for photosynthesis in the aerial parts of the plant. Since plants are sessile organisms, their root systems must forage for resources in heterogeneous soils through differential branching and elongation [(1988) Funct. Ecol. 2, 345-351; (1991) Plant Roots: The Hidden Half, pp. 3-25, Marcel Dekker, NY]. Adaptation to drought, for instance, can be facilitated by increased root growth and penetration. Root systems thus develop as a function of environmental variables and the needs of the plant [(1988) Funct. Ecol. 2, 345-351; (1986) Bot. Gaz. 147, 137-147; (1991) Plant Roots: The Hidden Half, pp. 309-330, Marcel Dekker, NY], We show, in a model system consisting of excised tobacco roots, that both α-dl-difluoromethylornithine (an inhibitor of putrescine biosynthesis) and the rolA gene (from the root-inducing transferred DNA of Agrobacterium rhizogenes) stimulate overall root growth and cause a conversion in the pattern of root system formation, producing a dominant or 'tap' root. These morphological changes are correlated with a depression in the accumulation of polyamines and their conjugates. © 1994.
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