Abstract
Intact wheat seedlings (Triticum aestivum L.) were induced to senesce by placing them in the dark and at various stages of senescence were placed back in the light and their recoverability observed. Seedlings demonstrated complete recovery of chlorophyll, protein, and rate of photosynthesis after 2 days in the dark, but were unable to recover fully after 4 days. This suggests the onset of an irreversible stage in senescence by day 4. Foliar applied cytokinins delayed senescence, and zeatin at 0.1 mm delayed the onset of the irreversible stage for 6 days. In addition to delaying the loss of total soluble protein, zeatin maintained the net protein recovery capacity of the tissue. Control seedlings, however, lost their potential for net protein recovery at a rate similar to their loss of total soluble protein. Treatment with zeatin had no apparent effect on dark respiration during senescence, and although treatment did delay the loss of membrane permeability to substrate, the change in permeability occurred too late to have a causal role in senescence.
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Claims 10
Claim · model-written summary
Wheat seedlings fully recovered chlorophyll, protein and photosynthesis after two days in darkness.
- Taxon
- Wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- 2 days in the darke0
- Outcome
- chlorophyll, protein, and rate of photosynthesise0
- Direction
- complete recoverye0
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e0“Seedlings demonstrated complete recovery of chlorophyll, protein, and rate of photosynthesis after 2 days in the dark”
t0“Induced Senescence of Intact Wheat Seedlings and Its”
Claim · model-written summary
Wheat seedlings could not fully recover after four days in darkness.
- Taxon
- Wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- 4 dayse0
- Outcome
- recover fullye0
- Direction
- unable to recover fullye0
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Verbatim
e0“but were unable to recover fully after 4 days”
t0“Induced Senescence of Intact Wheat Seedlings and Its”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors infer an irreversible stage of wheat seedling senescence begins by day four.
- Taxon
- Wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Outcome
- onset of an irreversible stage in senescencee0
- Value
- day 4e0
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e0“This suggests the onset of an irreversible stage in senescence by day 4.”
t0“Induced Senescence of Intact Wheat Seedlings and Its”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar cytokinins delayed wheat seedling senescence.
- Taxon
- Wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- Foliar applied cytokininse0
- Outcome
- senescencee0
- Direction
- delayede0
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e0“Foliar applied cytokinins delayed senescence”
t0“Induced Senescence of Intact Wheat Seedlings and Its”
Claim · model-written summary
Zeatin at 0.1 mm delayed the irreversible stage of wheat seedling senescence for six days.
- Taxon
- Wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- zeatin at 0.1 mme0
- Outcome
- onset of the irreversible stagee0
- Direction
- delayede0
- Value
- 6 dayse0
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Verbatim
e0“zeatin at 0.1 mm delayed the onset of the irreversible stage for 6 days”
t0“Induced Senescence of Intact Wheat Seedlings and Its”
Claim · model-written summary
Zeatin delayed loss of total soluble protein in wheat seedlings.
- Taxon
- Wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- zeatine0
- Outcome
- net protein recovery capacitye0
- Direction
- maintainede0
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Verbatim
e0“zeatin maintained the net protein recovery capacity of the tissue”
t0“Induced Senescence of Intact Wheat Seedlings and Its”
Claim · model-written summary
Control wheat seedlings lost net protein recovery potential at a rate similar to total soluble protein loss.
- Taxon
- Wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Outcome
- potential for net protein recoverye0
- Direction
- loste0
- Comparator
- loss of total soluble proteine0
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Verbatim
e0“Control seedlings, however, lost their potential for net protein recovery at a rate similar to their loss of total soluble protein.”
t0“Induced Senescence of Intact Wheat Seedlings and Its”
Claim · model-written summary
Zeatin had no apparent effect on dark respiration during senescence.
- Taxon
- Wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- zeatine0
- Outcome
- dark respiratione0
- Direction
- no apparent effecte0
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Verbatim
e0“Treatment with zeatin had no apparent effect on dark respiration during senescence”
t0“Induced Senescence of Intact Wheat Seedlings and Its”
Claim · model-written summary
Zeatin delayed loss of membrane permeability to substrate.
- Taxon
- Wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- treatmente0
- Outcome
- membrane permeability to substratee0
- Direction
- delaye0
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Verbatim
e0“treatment did delay the loss of membrane permeability to substrate”
t0“Induced Senescence of Intact Wheat Seedlings and Its”
Claim · model-written summary
The permeability change occurred too late to cause senescence.
- Taxon
- Wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Outcome
- causal role in senescencee0
- Qualifier
- change in permeability occurred too latee0
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Verbatim
e0“the change in permeability occurred too late to have a causal role in senescence”
t0“Induced Senescence of Intact Wheat Seedlings and Its”
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