Light conditions alter accumulation of long chain polyprenols in leaves of trees and shrubs throughout the vegetation season.

Agnieszka Bajda; Tadeusz Chojnacki; Józefina Hertel; Ewa Swiezewska; Jacek Wójcik; Alicja Kaczkowska; Andrzej Marczewski; Tomasz Bojarczuk; Piotr Karolewski; Jacek Oleksyn

doi:10.18388/abp.2005_3514

Light conditions alter accumulation of long chain polyprenols in leaves of trees and shrubs throughout the vegetation season.

Agnieszka Bajda Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland. agnesb@ibb.waw.pl;
Tadeusz Chojnacki
Józefina Hertel
Ewa Swiezewska
Jacek Wójcik
Alicja Kaczkowska
Andrzej Marczewski
Tomasz Bojarczuk
Piotr Karolewski
Jacek Oleksyn

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18388/abp.2005_3514

Abstract

In many plants belonging to angiosperms and gymnosperms the accumulation in leaves of long chain polyprenols and polyprenyl esters during growth in natural habitats depends on the light intensity. The amount of polyprenols in leaves is also positively correlated with the thickness of the leaf blade (SLA, specific leaf area). The polyprenol content of leaves shows seasonal changes with a maximum in autumn and a minimum in early summer with the difference between poorly and well illuminated plants persisting throughout the vegetation season.

Published

2005-03-31

Issue

Vol. 52 No. 1 (2005)

Section

Articles

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