Gravimetric analysis of tomato stems in the perception of a gravitational signal

Abstract

The dynamics of the content of various groups of cell wall polysaccharides in the cells of tomato stems during the development of the plant’s response to gravitational stimulation and phytohormonal treatment was studied. It has been shown that gravitational stimulation causes changes in the relative content of stem cell wall polysaccharides in the zone of gravitropic bending over a period of 3–6 hours. At the same time, predominantly multidirectional changes occur in the upper and lower halves of the stem, which ultimately leads to noticeable biochemical differences between the two parts of the stem, which allows it, in all likelihood, to bend due to an uneven growth of cells in different parts of the stem. Under the action of gravitational stimulation and epibrassinosteroid epine, changes in the polysaccharide composition appear earlier (already 1 hour after exposure) in time than with a single gravitational stimulation, and under the influence of ethephon and gravitational stimulation later (only from 6 hours of exposure).