Pinto, C M Dessimoni and Flowers, T J (1970) The Effects of Water Deficits on Slices of Beetroot and Potato Tissue:3. Journal of Experimental Botany, 21 (3). pp. 754-767. ISSN 0022-0957
Full text not available from this repository.Abstract
The effects of osmotically induced water deficits on the respiration, permeability, and ultra-structure of storage tissue are described.
As the water potential was lowered respiration in both aged beetroot and potato discs was retarded with a concomitant rise in respiratory quotient. On return to water, the degree of recovery of the oxygen uptake appeared to be a function of the number of cells plasmolysed.
The permeability data corroborated other evidence that membrane damage resulted when cells were plasmolysed. Deplasmolysis resulted in further and more extensive injury. Ultra-structural studies confirmed these findings and suggested that plasmolysis also affected mitochondrial structure.
Item Type: | Article |
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Schools and Departments: | School of Life Sciences > Biology and Environmental Science |
Subjects: | Q Science > QK Botany > QK0710 Plant physiology |
Depositing User: | Catrina Hey |
Date Deposited: | 15 May 2012 08:52 |
Last Modified: | 30 Nov 2012 17:13 |
URI: | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/39188 |