Abstract
Results of studies on the interaction of blue light (B) and exogenous applied plant hormones (IAA, GA3 and ABA) as well as inhibitors of their synthesis on the control of hypocotyl elongation in etiolated seedlings of Lactuca sativa (L.) cv. Grand Rapids are presented, and compared with endogenous GA3, IAA and ABA levels measured by capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry-selected ion monitoring (GC-MS-SIM). Hypocotyl elongation of etiolated seedlings was linearly inhibited by increasing the B fluence rate between 0 and 18.3 μmol m−2 s−1. Both GA3 and IAA added to the incubation medium at different concentrations were able to eliminate partially the inhibition of growth caused by 7.2 μmol m−2 s−1 B. When dark (D)-grown seedlings were treated with Ca-prohexadione, a specific inhibitor of gibberellin 3β-hydroxylation, they showed a growth inhibition similar to under B. Also, a suppression of growth as in B was obtained when D-grown seedlings were treated with ABA 380 μM. By lowering ABA levels with fluridone (an inhibitor of ABA synthesis) a partial reversion of hypocotyl growth inhibition was obtained in B-grown seedlings. While none of the growth promoters used were able to reverse completely the growth inhibition caused by B, a proper combination of GA3, IAA and (eventually) fluridone, abolished the B effects. Correspondingly, lower levels of GA3 and IAA and a higher concentration of ABA were measured by GC-MS-SIM in B-grown hypocotyls than in D-grown ones. These results support the hypothesis that hormones are implicated in mediation of B light-dependent inhibition of hypocotyl elongation, which seems to be the result of a balance among endogenous levels of growth promoting and growth inhibiting hormones.
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