Physiological response and extension of vase life of cut carnation flowers treated with ethanol and acetaldehyde. II. Protein content and enzyme activity

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 107-117

  Podd, L A ^a   Hills, P N ^a   Van Staden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

1 Aminocyclopropane 1 carboxylic acid; 1 Aminocyclopropane 1 carboxylic acid oxidase; Acetaldehyde; Alcohol dehydrogenase; Carnation; Ethanol; Ethylene; Senescence

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELLS; ETHANOL; ETHYLENE; GROWTH KINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-CARBOXYLIC ACID OXIDASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; CARNATION; SENESCENCE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALDEHYDES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELLS; ETHANOL; ETHYLENE; FLOWERS; METABOLISM; PROTEINS;

DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS;

EID: 26644475184     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021219829005     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. 2 deficit in barley aleurone layers. Plant Physiol. 75: 573-581.
2. Hanson A.D., Jacobsen J.V. and Zwar J.A. 1984. Regulated expression of three alcohol dehydrogenase genes in barley aleurone layers. Plant Physiol. 75: 566-572.
3. Heins R.D. 1980. Inhibition of ethylene synthesis and senescence in carnation by ethanol. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 105: 141-144.
4. Heins R.D. and Blakely N. 1980. Influence of ethanol on ethylene biosynthesis and flower senescence of cut carnation. Sci. Hort. 13: 361-369.
5. Hills P.N., Van Staden J. and Viljoen C.D. 2001. Differences in polypeptide expression in thermoinhibited and germinating achenes of Tagetes minuta L. Plant Growth Regul. 34: 187-194.
6. Janes H.W. and Frenkel C. 1978. Promotion of softening process in pears by acetaldehyde, independent of ethylene action. J. Amer. Hort. Soc. 103: 397-400.
7. Kato-Noguchi H. 2000. Induction of alcohol dehydrogenase by plant hormones in alfalfa seedling. Plant Growth Regul. 30: 1-3.
8. Kneissel M.L. and Deikman J. 1996. The tomato E8 gene influences ethylene biosynthesis in fruit but not in flowers. Plant Physiol. 112: 537-547.
9. Kreuzwieser J., Harren F.J.M., Laarhoven L.J.J., Boamfa I., Te Lintel-Hekkert S., Scheerer U. et al. 2001. Acetaldehyde emission by the leaves of trees-correlation with physiological and environmental parameters. Physiol. Plant. 113: 41-19.
10. Laemmli U.K. 1970. Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the head of bacteriophage T4. Nature 227: 680-685.
11. Lizada M.C.C. and Yang S.F. 1979. A simple and sensitive assay for 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid. Anal. Biochem. 100: 140-145.
12. Podd L.A. and Van Staden J. 1998. The role of ethanol and acetaldehyde in flower senescence and fruit ripening-a review. Plant Growth Regul. 26: 183-189.
13. Podd L.A. and Van Staden J. 1999a. Is acetaldehyde the causal agent in the retardation of carnation flower senescence by ethanol? J. Plant Physiol. 154: 351-354.
14. Podd L.A. and Van Staden J. 1999b. The use of acetaldehyde to control carnation flower longevity. Plant Growth Regul. 28: 175-178.
15. Podd L.A. and Van Staden J. 2002. The physiological response of cut carnation flowers to ethanol and acetaldehyde post-harvest treatments. I. Chlorophyll content and carbohydrate status Vol. Plant Growth Regul. 38: 99-105
16. Smith B.B.J. 1994. SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of proteins. In: Walker J.M. (ed.), Methods in molecular biology. Basic protein and peptide protocol. Humana Press, Totowa, pp. 23-34.
17. Wu M.-J., Zacarias L., Saltveit M.E. and Reid M.S. 1992. Alcohols and carnation senescence. HortScience 27: 136-138.