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Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 53, No. 366, pp. 27-32, January 1, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press

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Abscisic acid in the xylem: where does it come from, where does it go to?

Wolfram Hartung1, Angela Sauter and Eleonore Hose

Julius-von-Sachs Institut für Biowissenschaften, Lehrstuhl Botanik I, Universität Würzburg, Julius-von-Sachs Platz 2, D-97082 Würzburg, Germany

Abstract

Abscisic acid is a hormonal stress signal that moves in the xylem from the root to the different parts of the shoot where it regulates transpirational water loss and leaf growth. The factors that modify the intensity of the ABA signal in the xylem are of particular interest because target cells recognize concentrations. ABAxyl, will be decreased as radial water flow through the roots is increased, assuming that radial ABA transport occurs in the symplast only. Such dilutions of the plant hormone concentration can be compensated in different ways, which help to keep the ABA-concentrations in the xylem constant: (i) apoplastic bypass flows of ABA, (ii) ABA flows between the stem parenchyma and the xylem during transport and (iii) the action of ß-D-glucosidases that release free ABA from its conjugates to the root cortex and the leaf apoplast. The significance of reflection coefficients ({sigma}ABA), permeability coefficients of membranes (PSABA) and apoplastic barriers for ABA is discussed.

Key words: Abscisic acid, roots, shoots, stress signal, xylem.


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