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Chapter 39.

Chapter 39. Plant Response. Plant Reactions. Stimuli & a Stationary Life animals respond to stimuli by changing behavior move toward positive stimuli move away from negative stimuli plants respond to stimuli by adjusting growth & development. What mechanism causes this response?.

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  1. Chapter 39. Plant Response

  2. Plant Reactions • Stimuli & a Stationary Life • animals respond to stimuli by changing behavior • move toward positive stimuli • move away from negative stimuli • plants respond to stimuli by adjusting growth & development

  3. What mechanism causes this response? grown in dark 1 week exposure to light

  4. Signal Transduction Pathway model • signal triggers receptor • receptor triggers internal cellular messengers & then cellular response • receptor • signal pathway(2° messengers) • response What kinds of molecules are the receptors?

  5. Signal Transduction Pathway example 1. Light signal is detected by the phytochrome receptor, which then activates at least 2 signal transduction pathways 2. One pathway uses cGMP as a 2nd messenger to activate a protein kinase. The other pathway involves increases in cytoplasmic Ca2+ that activates a different protein kinase. 3. Both pathways lead to expression of genes for proteins that function in greening response of plant.

  6. Plant hormones • Chemical signals that coordinate different parts of an organism • only minute amounts are required • produced by 1 part of body • transported to another part • binds to specific receptor • triggers response in target cells & tissues

  7. Plant hormones • auxins • cytokinins • gibberellins • brassinosteroids • abscisic acid • ethylene

  8. Went 1926 Phototropism • Growth towards light

  9. Auxin • Indolacetic acid (IAA) • stimulates cell elongation • near apical meristems • enhances apical dominance • classical explanation of phototropism • asymmetrical distribution of auxin • cells on darker side elongate faster than cells on brighter side

  10. Zones of meristem growth shoot root

  11. Polarity of auxintransport • Auxin picks up H+ between cells & is neutralized • Neutral auxin passes through membrane • Cellular pH 7 causes auxin to ionize & is trapped in cell • Auxin stimulates proton pump • Auxin leaves through carriers

  12. Auxin response Acid growth hypothesis

  13. Cytokinins • Family of hormones • modified forms of adenine • produced in roots, fruits & embryos • Effects • control of cell division & differentiation • enhances apical dominance • interaction of auxin & cytokinins

  14. Gibberellins • Family of hormones • over 100 different gibberellins identified • Effects • stem elongation • fruit growth • seed germination

  15. Brassinosteroids • Steroids • Effects • similar to auxins • cell elongation & division in shoots & seedlings

  16. Abscisic acid (ABA) • Effects • slows growth • seed dormancy • high concentrations of ABA • germination only after ABA is inactivated down or leeched out • survival value: seed will germinate only under optimal conditions • light, temperature, moisture • drought tolerance • rapid stomate closing

  17. Ethylene • Ethylene is a gas released by plant cells • Multiple effects • response to mechanical stress • triple response • slow stem elongation • thickening of stem • curvature to horizontal growth • apoptosis • leaf abscission • fruit ripening

  18. Apoptosis & Leaf abscission What is the evolutionary advantage of loss of leaves in autumn? • Balance of ethylene & auxin • many events in plants involve pre-programmed cell death • death of annual plant after flowering • differentiation of xylem vessels • loss of cytosol • shedding of autumn leaves

  19. Fruit ripening • Hard, tart fruit protects developing seed from herbivores • Ripe, sweet, soft fruit attracts animals to disperse seed • burst of ethylene triggers ripening process • breakdown of cell wall = softening • conversion of starch to sugar = sweetening • positive feedback system • ethylene triggers ripening • ripening stimulates more ethylene production

  20. Applications • Truth in folk wisdom! • one bad apple spoils the whole bunch • ripening apple releases ethylene to speed ripening of fruit nearby • Ripen green bananas by bagging them with an apple • Climate control storage of apples • high CO2 storage = reduces ethylene production

  21. Responses to light • Photomorphogenesis • effect of light on plant growth • Light detection • intensity • direction • wavelength • blue-light receptors • phytochromes (red-light receptors) Why does it make “biological sense” that red & blue light have greater effects on plants response that other wavelengths?

  22. Phytochrome photoreceptors • Molecular switch reaction to red light • conversion of Pr Pfr in sunlight stimulates germination, flowering, branching… • conversion of Pfr Pr in dark inhibits response, & stimulates other responses: growth in height Light induced Chromophore Photorecptor Kinase activity Phytochrome Phytochrome Response: Vertical growth

  23. Practical Application • Why do you plant lettuce seed by scattering them on the ground instead of burying seed? • What is the evolutionary advantage to lettuce seeds?

  24. Flowering Response • Triggered by photoperiod • relative lengths of day & night • night length—“critical period”— is trigger Plant is sensitive to red light exposure What is the evolutionary advantage of photoperiodism? Synchronizes plant responses to season Short-day plants Long-day plants

  25. Is there a flowering hormone? • Plant on left is induced to flower & then grafted onto plant on right • plant on right is triggered to flower What can you conclude?

  26. Circadian rhythms • Internal (endogenous) 24-hour cycles 4 O’clock Noon Midnight Morning glory

  27. Responses to gravity • How does a sprouting shoot “know” to grow towards the surface from underground? • environmentalcues? • roots = positive gravitropism • shoots = negative gravitropism • settling of statoliths (dense starch grains) may detect gravity

  28. Responses to touch • Thigmotropism Mimosa (Sensitive plant) closes leaves in response to touch Caused by changes in osmotic pressure = rapid loss of K+ = rapid loss of H2O = loss of turgor in cells

  29. Plant defenses • Defenses against herbivores

  30. Plant defenses • Defenses against herbivores Parasitoid wasp larvae emerging from a caterpillar

  31. Plant defenses • Defenses against pathogens

  32. Help Me!!!

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