Clinorotation Effect on Response of Cress Leaves to Red and Far-Red Light |
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Authors: | Danguol? Raklevi?ien? Regina Losinska Danguol? ?veg?dien? |
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Affiliation: | (1) Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan |
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Abstract: | Responses of cress (Lepidium sativum L.) seedling leaves to separate and simultaneous illumination with red (660 nm) and far-red (735 nm) light were studied under
fast clinorotation (50 rpm) and usual gravity (1g) conditions. The monochromatic light emitting diodes (LEDs) have been used
for illumination of seedlings from above. The growth and spatial orientation of leaves and the location of presumable gravisensors
in petioles were analysed. Clinorotation in the dark promoted the radial expansion of leaf lamina and unfolding of leaves.
It was shown that clinorotation in red light inhibited significantly the elongation of petioles as compared with that under
the action of gravity force. Simultaneous red and far-red illumination promoted the growth of petioles under clinorotation,
but did not affect the orientation of laminas, which remained the same as of the 1-g control ones. Red light, applied separately
and simultaneously with far-red light, guided the bending of laminas as well as the unfolding of leaf petioles in both usual
and clinorotation conditions. Histological and cytological analyses of petioles revealed the presence of movable amyloplasts
in endodermic cells in proximal region of petioles. Comparison of intracellular positioning of amyloplasts in petioles of
leaves grown under clinorotation and the action of gravity allows a presumption that these plastids may be identified as gravisensors
of garden cress leaves. The obtained data imply that clinorotation and exposition to monochromatic red light or simultaneous
illumination by red and far-red light affect the elongation of petioles of cress seedling leaves. Spectral components guide
the unfolding of laminas in a gravity-independent manner. |
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