Retardation of Bean Leaf Senescence by Benzyladenine and Its Influence on Phosphate Metabolism 1

AUTOR(ES)

Adedipe, N. O.

RESUMO

The levels of glucose, sugar phosphates, and adenosine phosphates were determined in primary leaves of intact bean plants during normal senescence and compared to leaves in which senescence was delayed by application of benzyladenine (BA). In both cases there was a rise with time in the levels of glucose 1-phosphate, glucose 6-phosphate, and fructose 6-phosphate, and a decline in 2-phosphoglyceric acid, inorganic phosphate, and the adenosine phosphates (AMP, ADP, ATP). The levels of fructose 1,6-diphosphate remained fairly constant. Although the levels of hexose phosphates, adenosine phosphates, and inorganic phosphate were lower in the BA-treated leaves, the incorporation of 32P into these compounds by 3- and 6-week-old plants was higher than in the controls. These results suggest that the retardation of leaf senescence by BA in intact bean plants is associated with increased utilization of metabolites, indicating a more rapid turnover of the adenosine phosphates. It is concluded that this effect is brought about by a regulatory coordination of metabolic processes in relation to energy production and utilization.

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