PJB-2014-24
INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF ALUMINUM STRESS ON SOME MACRO AND MICRO-NUTRIENT CONTENTS OF THE SEEDLINGS OF LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM MILL. BY USING SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
GÜLER ÇOLAK1*, M. CELALETTIN BAYKUL2, REMZI GÜRLER3, ERCAN ÇATAK1 AND NECMETTIN CANER4
Abstract
This study was planned to see the affect of aluminum stress on plant nutrition and metabolism. The effects of aluminum stress on uptake level of some macro- and micro-nutrients from the nutrition solution into the seedlings of Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. and on mobilization of some nutrient elements in the seedlings were examined at the level of epidermal cells. The elemental structure of root, hypocotyl and cotyledon epidermal cells were determined by Energy Dispersive Xray Microanalysis (EDX) performed in a local area ∼50 nm in diameter at the level of a single epidermal cell cytoplasm by using low vacuum (∼24 pascal ) Scanning Electron Microscope. EDX analysis revealed that aluminum content of the cells was increasing with the increased concentrations of aluminum in the nutrient solution and that aluminum largelyaccumulated in the roots. Aluminum concentration was much higher in the root epidermal cells of the seedlings incubated in aluminum containing media for 17 days without adding any nutrient solution; it was also true for the local EDX analysis of radicle epidermal cells from the same series.
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