JXB Advance Access originally published online on November 22, 2005
Journal of Experimental Botany 2006 57(1):1-4; doi:10.1093/jxb/erj021
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Xylem-borne cytokinins: still in search of a role?
1Department of Biological Sciences, Lancaster Environment Centre, University of Lancaster, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK
2ARC Centre of Integrative Legume Research, University of Queensland, St Lucia 4072, Australia
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: I.Dodd{at}lancaster.ac.uk
Leaf expansion and xylem cytokinin concentration ([X-CK]) decrease in response to nitrogen (N) deprivation. Debate continues over cause, effect, and correlation. Supporting studies provide, at best, correlative evidence that [X-CK] controls leaf growth in response to N-deprivation, while dissenting studies indicate that leaf growth responses to N can be independent of changes in X-CK supply to leaves. A model is proposed to evaluate the physiological significance to leaf growth of changes in plant and environment N concentrations, and plant CK concentrations.
Key words: Cytokinins, leaf growth, long-distance signalling, nitrogen
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