Abstract
Regulation of starch accumulation in yellow (Lupinus luteus L.), white (L. albus L.), and Andean lupin (L. mutabilis Sweet) developing and germinating seeds was investigated. Research was conducted on cotyledons isolated from developing seeds as well as on organs of germinating seeds, that is, isolated embryo axes, excised cotyledons, and seedling axes and cotyledons. All organs were cultured in vitro for 96 h in different carbon (60 mM sucrose) and nitrogen (35 mM asparagine or 35 mM nitrate) conditions. Ultrastructure observation showed one common pattern of changes in the number and size of starch granules caused by sucrose, asparagine, and nitrate in both developing and germinating seeds. Sucrose increased the number and size of starch granules. Asparagine additionally increased starch accumulation (irrespective of sucrose nutrition) but nitrate had no effect on starch accumulation. Asparagine treatment resulted in a significant decrease in soluble sugar level in all organs of germinating lupin seeds of the three species investigated. The above-mentioned changes were most clearly visible in white lupin organs. In white lupin, starch granules were visible even in cells of sucrose-starved isolated embryo axes where advanced autophagy occurs. The importance of asparagine-increased starch content in the creation of a strong source–sink gradient in developing and germinating lupin seeds is discussed.
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