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Phytochrome Action in Oryza sativa L

IV. Red and Far Red Reversible Effect on the Production of Ethylene in Excised Coleoptiles ¹

^a Institute for Biochemical Regulation, Faculty of Agriculture, Nagoya University, and Biological Institute, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464, Japan

Excised apical segments of etiolated rice (Oryza sativa L.) coleoptiles produced ethylene. Increasing the number of cut sites per coleoptile increased the rate of ethylene formation. Ethylene produced by an etiolated-intact seedling in the dark was about a half of that by the excised coleoptile segment. Red light of low energy as well as of continuous irradiation inhibited the production of ethylene. The inhibition by a low energy dose of red light was partly relieved, if the red light was followed immediately by a small dose of far red light. The effect of red and far red light was repeatedly reversible, indicating that ethylene production was regulated by a phytochrome system. If the exposure to far red light was preceded by a period of darkness, this photoreversibility disappeared; 50% of the initial reversibility was lost within 5 hours. Applied ethylene (10 microliters per liter) significantly promoted the growth of intact coleoptiles of either totally etiolated or red light-treated seedlings, but had no effect on the excised apical segment of coleoptile.

¹ Supported in part by research grants to M.F. from the Ministry of Education of Japan. C.J.P. is indebted to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for a scholarship during the present work.

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