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Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 54, No. 391, pp. 2375-2384, October 1, 2003
© 2003 Oxford University Press

Ozone increases root respiration but decreases leaf CO2 assimilation in cotton and melon

Received 25 February 2003; Accepted 9 July 2003

D. A. Grantz*,, V. Silva, M. Toyota and N. Ott

Department of Botany and Plant Sciences and Air Pollution Research Center, University of California at Riverside, Kearney Agricultural Center, 9240 South Riverbend Ave, Parlier, CA 93648, USA

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Fax: +1 559 646 6593. E-mail: dgrantz{at}uckac.edu
Abbreviations: An, net carbon assimilation; Rr, fine root respiration; gs, stomatal conductance; OTC, open top exposure chamber; CF, charcoal-filtered air; MO3, HO3, medium or high ozone concentration; CHO, carbohydrate; Q, respiratory quotient.

It is well established that exposure of plant foliage to tropospheric ozone (O3) inhibits photosynthetic gas exchange in leaves and the translocation of current photosynthate to sink tissues. It is less clear what impact O3-reduced source strength has on the physiological responses of sink tissue such as fine roots. The responses were investigated of carbon acquisition in leaves and carbon utilization in the respiration of fine roots, following chronic (weeks) and acute (hours) exposures to O3 in open top chambers. Previous reports indicate increased, decreased, and unchanged rates of root respiration following exposure to O3. A decline in source activity is confirmed, but an increase in sink respiration is reported in fine roots of Pima cotton (cv. S-6) and muskmelon (cv. Ambrosia hybrid). Leaf source strength and root sink activity changed in opposing directions, thus there was no positive correlation that might indicate direct substrate control of root function. Additional linkages between shoot and root following exposure to O3 may be involved.

Key words: Allocation, cotton, Cucumis melo, gas exchange, Gossypium barbadense, melon, ozone, photosynthesis, root respiration.


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