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INFLUENCE OF LIGHT ON OZONE-INDUCED 1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLIC ACID AND ETHYLENE PRODUCTION FROM INTACT PLANTS
Citation:
Rodecap, K. AND D. Tingey. INFLUENCE OF LIGHT ON OZONE-INDUCED 1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLIC ACID AND ETHYLENE PRODUCTION FROM INTACT PLANTS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-83/090 (NTIS PB84116557), 1983.
Description:
The influence of light on ozone-induced ethylene production from intact soybean (Glycine max L. Merr. cv. Dare) and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv. Roma) plants was investigated. Ozone-induced stress ethylene production was 2.6-fold greater from dark-than light-incubated soybean plants at the same encapsulation temperature (i.e. temperature within the encapsulation bag). Dark-incubated tomato plant also produced more ozone-induced stress ethylene than light-incubated plants, but the magnitude of production was less than for soybeans. The observations suggested that the conversion of ACC to ethylene was limited in the light.