G. Neumann et al., Thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency in germinating seeds of Phaseolus vulgaris L-exposed to soaking injury, J PLANT NU, 162(3), 1999, pp. 295-300
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE-ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PFLANZENERNAHRUNG UND BODENKUNDE
Exogenous application of thiamine (vitamin BI) during imbibition improved g
ermination and seedling development of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv. Lass
o) seeds, which were exposed to soaking injury by submergence. Leaching of
the vitamin into the incubation medium was not increased in submerged seeds
. However, translocation of the thiamine reserves from the cotyledons to th
e seedling axis was reduced in response to soaking injury. After exogenous
application of free thiamine to the seeds, thiaminediphosphate (TDP), which
is the physiologically active coenzyme form of thiamine, accumulated in th
e seedling axis of submerged seeds, suggesting an increased demand for thia
mine-dependent metabolic reactions in these tissues. Limited oxygen supply
of the seeds during the soaking period induces a shift from respiration to
fermentation of carbohydrates. Neither thiamine-dependent ethanolic ferment
ation, nor ATP production or adenylate energy charge (AEC) of the seedling
axis were affected by exogenous thiamine application, suggesting that there
is no limitation of thiamine-dependent reactions in the energy metabolism
of the seedlings. Thus the physiological mechanisms improving germination a
nd seedling development of submerged seeds in response to thiamine seed tre
atment are still not clear.