Revisiting the iron pools in cucumber roots: identification and localization

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Revisiting the iron pools in cucumber roots: identification and localization

Postby Z. Klencsar » Wed Aug 24, 2016 3:50 pm

K. Kovács, J. Pechoušek, L. Machala, R. Zbořil, Z. Klencsár, Á. Solti, B. Tóth, B. Müller, H.D. Pham, Z. Kristóf, F. Fodor:
Revisiting the iron pools in cucumber roots: identification and localization,
Planta 244 (2016) 167.

Iron may accumulate in various chemical forms during its uptake and assimilation in the plants. In this work we investigate the permanent and transient Fe microenvironments formed during these processes in cucumber that takes up Fe in a reduction based (Strategy I) process. We find that Fe deficiency responses in Strategy I causes a shift from the formation of partially removable hydrous ferric oxide on the root surface to the accumulation of Fe-citrate in the xylem.

The final publication can be accessed via the link http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00425-016-2502-x .
The authors' version of the work can be downloaded directly from here: http://www.esr.hu/aam/aam_planta_2016.pdf

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