A technique for collection of exudate from pea seedlings.
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), at concentrations higher than 1.0 millimolar, is phytotoxic to etiolated seedlings of Pisum sativum.  Substantial vascular exudation from pea epicotyls could be obtained without tissue damage at 0.5 millimolar EDTA if the solution was buffered at pH 7.5 with sodium N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N'-2-ethanesulfonic acid.  Treated seedlings exuded 950 micrograms (leucine equivalents) of ninhydrin-positive material per day and 870 micrograms (glucose equivalents) of anthrone-positive material per day.  Amino acid analysis showed the exudate to have glutamine as the major amido nitrogen containing compound and sucrose was shown to be the major sugar.  Radiolabeled tryptophan and sucrose applied to cotyledons were transferred through the epicotyl and into the collection medium.  The pH profile for exudation shows half maximal exudation at pH 7.2, indicating the promotion of exudation by EDTA is probably not due simply to Ca2+ chelation.
Hanson
S D
SD
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, USA.
Cohen
J D
JD
D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D001692:Biological Transport; D002021:Buffers; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018548:Cotyledon / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005973:Glutamine / Q000032:analysis; D006531:HEPES / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D018546:Hypocotyl / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000032:analysis; D018532:Pisum sativum / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013395:Sucrose / Q000032:analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism
D000596:Amino Acids; D002021:Buffers; D002241:Carbohydrates; D002614:Chelating Agents; D005973:Glutamine; D013395:Sucrose; D014364:Tryptophan; D004492:Edetic Acid; D009584:Nitrogen; D006531:HEPES