Indole-3-Acetic Acid Controls Cambial Growth in Scots Pine by Positional Signaling. Uggla, C., Mellerowicz, E. J, & Sundberg, B. Plant Physiology, 117(1):113–121, May, 1998.
Indole-3-Acetic Acid Controls Cambial Growth in Scots Pine by Positional Signaling [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
The vascular cambium produces secondary xylem and phloem in plants and is responsible for wood formation in forest trees. In this study we used a microscale mass-spectrometry technique coupled with cryosectioning to visualize the radial concentration gradient of endogenous indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) across the cambial meristem and the differentiating derivatives in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) trees that had different rates of cambial growth. This approach allowed us to investigate the relationship between growth rate and the concentration of endogenous IAA in the dividing cells. We also tested the hypothesis that IAA is a positional signal in xylem development (C. Uggla, T. Moritz, G. Sandberg, B. Sundberg [1996] Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 93: 9282–9286). This idea postulates that the width of the radial concentration gradient of IAA regulates the radial number of dividing cells in the cambial meristem, which is an important component for determining cambial growth rate. The relationship between IAA concentration in the dividing cells and growth rate was poor, although the highest IAA concentration was observed in the fastest-growing cambia. The radial width of the IAA concentration gradient showed a strong correlation with cambial growth rate. The results indicate that IAA gives positional information in plants.
@article{uggla_indole-3-acetic_1998,
	title = {Indole-3-{Acetic} {Acid} {Controls} {Cambial} {Growth} in {Scots} {Pine} by  {Positional} {Signaling}},
	volume = {117},
	issn = {0032-0889},
	url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC34994/},
	abstract = {The vascular cambium produces
 secondary xylem and phloem in plants and is responsible for wood
 formation in forest trees. In this study we used a microscale
 mass-spectrometry technique coupled with cryosectioning to visualize
 the radial concentration gradient of endogenous indole-3-acetic acid
 (IAA) across the cambial meristem and the differentiating derivatives
 in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) trees that had
 different rates of cambial growth. This approach allowed us to
 investigate the relationship between growth rate and the concentration
 of endogenous IAA in the dividing cells. We also tested the hypothesis
 that IAA is a positional signal in xylem development (C. Uggla, T.
 Moritz, G. Sandberg, B. Sundberg [1996] Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 93:
 9282–9286). This idea postulates that the width of the radial
 concentration gradient of IAA regulates the radial number of dividing
 cells in the cambial meristem, which is an important component for
 determining cambial growth rate. The relationship between IAA
 concentration in the dividing cells and growth rate was poor, although
 the highest IAA concentration was observed in the fastest-growing
 cambia. The radial width of the IAA concentration gradient showed a
 strong correlation with cambial growth rate. The results indicate that
 IAA gives positional information in plants.},
	number = {1},
	urldate = {2024-10-02},
	journal = {Plant Physiology},
	author = {Uggla, Claes and Mellerowicz, Ewa J and Sundberg, Björn},
	month = may,
	year = {1998},
	pages = {113--121},
}

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