Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 53, No. 374, pp. 1627-1634,
July 1, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press
The gravitropic setpoint angle of dark-grown rye seedlings and the role of ethylene
Received 9 November 2001; Accepted 13 March 2002
1 Botanisches Institut der Universität Bonn, Abteilung Ökophysiologie der Pflanzen, Kirschallee 1, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
2 Institut für Angewandte Phsyik, Universität Bonn, Wegelerstr. 8, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
3 To whom correspondence should be addressed. Fax: +49 228 73 2677. E-mail: edelmann{at}uni-bonn.de
The orientation growth of coleoptiles of dark-grown seedlings of rye (Secale cereale L. cv. Marder II), when grown under various conditions, was analysed with respect to the gravivector (‘gravitropic setpoint angle’, GSA). Coleoptiles growing through moist vermiculite attain and maintain a GSA with an average of about 180°, i.e. a vertical orientation. Seedlings growing uncovered either on the surface of vermiculite or positionally fixed on filter paper attain and maintain a GSA of 140–150° (i.e. deviating from the vertical by an average of 30–40°). Changing the position of the embryo relative to the horizontally fixed seed kernel or of the angle of the seed with respect to gravity during germination (±40° relative to the horizontal) had no significant effect on the subsequent GSA of both covered and uncovered seedlings. The GSA of uncovered coleoptiles could be restored close to 180° by treatment of the seedlings with ethylene, either applied via ethephon or 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) as well as by fruit-released ethylene. The results are discussed with respect to the mechanism of the regulation of gravitropic growth of grass seedlings.
Key words: Key words: Coleoptiles, ethylene, gravitropic setpoint angle, Secale cereale L.
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