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Aging and the Development of Enhanced Respiration in Potato Tuber Tissue
Author(s) -
Lee S. G.,
Chasson R. M.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1966.tb09091.x
Subject(s) - respiration , oxidative phosphorylation , biology , cellular respiration , plant tissue , botany , biochemistry , chemistry
Disks of potato tissue were aged by two separate methods. The resulting enhaiicetl respirations differed both qualitatively and quantitativety. It is suggested that the diverse results previously reported indicating changes in the terminal oxidative steps and/or in the relative contributions by competing metabolic pathways to the total respiration reflect variations in the methods employed to age the tissues. The nature of the stimulated respiration is discussed in terms of removal or retention of metabolites within the tissue during aging.