Department of Horticulture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907.
Plant Physiol. 1976 Feb;57(2):274-6. doi: 10.1104/pp.57.2.274.
Experiments with germinating seeds of Wayne soybean (Glycine max Merr.) show that between the 4th and the 8th hour of germination, respiration experiences a transition from predominantly "alternate" respiration, which is sensitive to salicylhydroxamic acid, to a cyanide-sensitive respiration. The dependence of early germination stages on alternate respiration is reflected in several types of seed functions, including subsequent root growth rate, chlorophyll synthesis, and germination itself. The early period of germination is shown to require a normal O(2) tension, which is no longer a requirement at later stages. The changing sensitivity to cyanide and to salicylhydroxamic acid is found to be common to seven different types of germinating seeds. It is proposed that the alternate pathway of respiration provides something essential for the completion of the earliest stages of seed germination.
发芽种子的实验表明,在第 4 到第 8 小时的发芽过程中,呼吸经历了从主要的“交替”呼吸到氰化物敏感呼吸的转变,“交替”呼吸对水杨羟肟酸敏感。早期发芽阶段对交替呼吸的依赖反映在几种种子功能上,包括随后的根生长速度、叶绿素合成和发芽本身。早期发芽阶段需要正常的 O(2)张力,而在后期阶段则不再需要。发现对氰化物和水杨羟肟酸的敏感性变化在七种不同类型的发芽种子中是常见的。有人提出,呼吸的交替途径为种子发芽的最早阶段的完成提供了必要的物质。