Abstract
Assimilate transport in purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundusL.) was studied using autoradiographic technique. Results show the basic pattern of assimilate distribution was from areas of synthesis to areas of use or accumulation. The initial underground centers of high metabolic activity were replaced as these organs matured, by new centers of actively growing rhizomes, tubers, and roots. The planted tuber did not accumulate assimilates. Treatment of purple nutsedge plants with 2,6-dichlorobenzonitrile (dichlobenil) resulted in accumulation of assimilates in the tubers rather than in young underground tissues. Leaves of treated plants also accumulated labeled assimilate in excess of control plants. Assimilate accumulation in leaves of dichlobenil-treated plants resulted from the destruction of the phloem in the basal portions of the leaf-sheaths. An increase in tuber respiration accompanied an increase in accumulation of assimilates in dichlobenil treated tubers.
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