Abstract
Maximum elongation of excised internodal stem sections of light-grown pea (Pisum sativum L.) seedlings occurred at 10(-5) molar indoleacetic acid (IAA), with submaximal responses occurring at 10(-4) and 10(-3) molar. Accompanying elongation at concentrations of IAA of 10(-6) to 10(-3) molar was production of ethylene, with the amount increasing up to 10(-4) molar IAA and then becoming nearly constant. Elongation of light-grown sections was not inhibited by exogenous ethylene up to 10,000 ppm in the presence of 10(-5) molar IAA. Marked (up to 50%) inhibition of elongation of internodal segments in situ was observed after treating whole light-grown seedlings with exogenous ethylene for 20 hours. It is concluded that ethylene is not responsible for the submaximal elongation responses of green pea stem sections at high auxin concentrations, but that IAA per se is accountable.
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