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ACADEMIC PRESS RAPID MANUSCRIPT REPRODUCTION Transport and Transfer Processes in Plants Proceedings of a Symposium held under the auspices of the U.S. — Australia Agreement for Scientific and Technical Cooperation Canberra, Australia. December 1975. Edited by I.F. Wardlaw and J.B. Passioura CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra, Australia 1976 Academic Press New York San Francisco London A SUBSIDIARY OF HARCOURT BRACE JOVANOVICH, PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT © 1976, BY ACADEMIC PRESS, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO PART OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE REPRODUCED OR TRANSMITTED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS. ELECTRONIC OR MECHANICAL, INCLUDING PHOTOCOPY, RECORDING, OR ANY INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, WITHOUT PERMISSION IN WRITING FROM THE PUBLISHER. ACADEMIC PRESS, INC. Ill Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10003 United Kingdom Edition published by ACADEMIC PRESS, INC. (LONDON) LTD. 24/28 Oval Road, London NW1 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Transport and transfer processes in plants. "Proceedings of a symposium held under the auspices of the U.S.-Australia Agreement for Scientific and Technical Cooperation, Canberra, Australia, December 1975." 1. Plant translocation-Congresses. I. Wardlaw, I. F. II. Passioura, J. B. QK871.T72 581.l'l 76-27761 ISBN 0-12-734850-6 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Participants CONTRIBUTORS (J - joint author not in attendance) W. G. Allaway, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W. 2006, Australia W. P. Anderson, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600 Australia R. L. Bieleski, Plant Diseases Division, D.S.I.R., Auckland, New Zealand S. Bullivant, (J), Department of Cell Biology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand A. L. Christy, Agricultural Research Department, Monsanto Agricultural Products Co., St. Louis, Missouri 63166 M. G. Cook, C.S.I.R.O. Division of Plant Industry, Canberra A.C.T. 2601, Australia W. J. Cram, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W. 2006, Australia G. P. Dempsey, (J), Plant Diseases Division, DSIR, Auckland, New Zealand J. Dunlop, Grasslands Division, DSIR, Palmerston North, New Zealand L. T. Evans, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra A.C.T. 2601, Australia R. J. Field, (J), Department of Plant Science, Lincoln College, Canterbury, New Zealand D. B. Fisher, Botany Department, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602 D. R. Geiger, Department of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio 45409 A. D. M. Glass, Botany and Zoology Department, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand B. E. S. Gunning, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra A.C.T. 2600, Australia P. W. Hattersley, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra A.C.T. 2600, Australia Katie Helms, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra A.C.T. 2601, Australia J. Hoddinott, (J), Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada P. Jarvis, Lincoln College, Canterbury, New Zealand C. F. Jenner, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, S.A. 5064, Australia IX PARTICIPANTS M. G. K. Jones, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600, Australia M. R. Kaufmann, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92502 R. W. King, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia P. E. Kriedemann, CSIRO Division of Horticultural Research, Merbein, Victoria 3505, Australia A. Läuchli, Fachbereich Biologie (10), Der Technischen Hochschule, D-6100, Darmstadt, Germany J. F. Loneragan, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, W.A. 6153, Australia B. R. Loveys, (J), CSIRO Division of Horticultural Research, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia I. A. Newman, Department of Physics, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia T. P. O'Brien, Botany Department, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia C. B. Osmond, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra A.C.T. 2600, Australia J. B. Passioura, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra A.C.T. 2601, Australia J. S. Pate, Department of Botany, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, W.A. 6009, Australia J. W. Patrick, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Newcastle, N.S.W. 2308, Australia M. G. Pitman, School of Biological Sciences, Sydney University, Sydney, N.S.W. 2006, Australia J. Possingham, (J), CSIRO Division of Horticultural Research, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia K. Raschke, MSU/ERDA Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 A. W. Robards, (J), Department of Biology, University of York Heslington, York Y01 5DD, U.K. A. D. Robson, (J), Institute of Agriculture, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, W.A. 6009, Australia M. Satoh, (J), Sericultural Experiment Station, Suginami-Ku, Tokyo, Japan J. W. Sij, (J), Texas A.&M. University, Agricultural Research and Extension Centre, Beaumont, Texas 77706 K. Snowball, (J), Institute of Agriculture, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, W.A. 6009, Australia x PARTICIPANTS J. K. Sullivan, (J), Physics Department, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia C. A. Swanson, Department of Botany, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43201 B. Tomkins, (J), Grasslands Division, DSIR Palmerston North, New Zealand J. H. Troughton, Physics and Engineering Laboratory, DSIR Lower Hutt, New Zealand N. A. Walker, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, N.S.W. 2006, Australia I. F. Wardlaw, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra A.C.T. 2601, Australia L. Watson, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra A.C.T. 2600, Australia R. E. Williamson, Department of Botany, La Trobe, University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia M. H. Zimmermann, Harvard University Forest, Petersham, Massachusetts 01366 SESSION CHAIRMEN (C - indicates contributor) R. L. Bieleski (C) D. B. Fisher (C) B. E. S. Gunning (C) F. L. Milthorpe, School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, N.S.W. 2113, Australia T. F. Neales, Botany Department, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia L. G. Paleg, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, S.A. 5064, Australia R. N. Robertson, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600, Australia C. A. Swanson (C) OTHER PARTICIPANTS E. Bachelard, Department of Forestry, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600, Australia D. Bagnall, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia E. W. R. Barlow, School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, N.S.W. 2113, Australia H. Beevers, Thimann Laboratories, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064 XI PARTICIPANTS J. E. Begg, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia E. G. Bollard, Plant Diseases Division, DSIR, Auckland, New Zealand B. T. Brown, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia D. J. Carr, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600, Australia H. Chujo, Osaka University, Japan I. Cowan, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600, Australia M. Dalling, School of Agriculture, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia A. Davies, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, S.A. 5069, Australia G. A. Drake, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600, Australia R. L. Dunstone, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia I. Ferris, N.S.W. Department of Agriculture, N.S.W., Australia R. M. Gifford, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia D. J. Goodchild, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia H. G. Jones, Plant Breeding Institute, Trumpington, Cambridge, CB2 2L9, United Kingdom G. F. Katekar, CSI RO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia A. Lang, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia G. H. Lorimer, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600, Australia P. F. Lumley, Botany Department, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia R. C. McDonald, Department of Biology, University of Newcastle, N.S.W. 2308, Australia I. B. McNulty, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah C. P. Meyer, Botany Department, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia P. A. Morrow, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600, Australia R. Munns, School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, N.S.W. 2113, Australia XII PARTICIPANTS D. Parkes, Botany Department, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia D. Vince-Prue, University of Reading, U.K. P. J. Randall, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia R. J. Reid, School of Biological Sciences, Sydney University, Sydney, N.S.W. 2006, Australia G. R. Robinson, Department of Physics, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia N. Schaefer, School of Biological Sciences, Sydney University, Sydney, N.S.W. 2006, Australia R. F. M. Van Steveninck, Botany Department, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4067, Australia R. Sward, Botany Department, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia N. C. Turner, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia XIII Preface A knowledge of the manner in which organic materials and nutrients are distributed in plants is important for an understanding of the limits to harvest- able yield, how environmental factors regulate growth, how nutrients may be used more efficiently, and how diseases spread in plants. To this list can also be added the effectiveness of substances applied to plants such as growth regula tors, herbicides, and insecticides. There has been considerable progress in recent years in a wide range of interrelated disciplines, including salt uptake in cells, water relations, nutrition and translocation, as well as cell to cell transfer processes and plant anatomy. The provisions of the U.S.-Australia Science Agreement made it possible to bring together scientists, working in all of these areas, to a conference and workshop designed to examine how the various forms of both long-and short distance transport operate and how they might interact in the whole plant. By the end of the conference and workshop it was evident that although there has been considerable clarification of many of the facets of transport in plants, many of the basic processes, including the exact nature of the underlying mechanisms, still need to be resolved. However, on a more optimistic note, it is probably correct to say that the techniques are now available to resolve many of the current differences of opinion. The detailed discussion and exchange of ideas that occur at a symposium of this nature are difficult to bring into print. However we are extremely grateful to the chairmen, who at the end of the conference so ably summed up the main ideas from the papers and discussions in each session, and it is these presentations that form the basis of the three short summaries presented at the end of each section. It is hoped that in publishing the proceedings of this meeting, there will be some encouragement for researchers to look at the wider implications of experimental findings re lating to specific transport processes. We are indebted to both the United States Government, through the National Science Foundation, and the Australian Government, through the Department of Science, for their help in arranging this conference and in providing funding for seven participants from the U.S. and twenty from Australia. Also we are indebted to CSIRO for their support, practical help and provision of facilities for the conference. We are particularly grateful to Dr. L. T. Evans, Chief of the Division of Plant Industry, whose initial encouragement and continued support as a member of the organizing committee, played a large part in the success of the proceedings, and also to Professors D. R. Geiger and D. B. Fisher for their part of the organization in America. Finally we would like to express our xv PREFACE appreciation of the excellent help we received from many individuals in the Division of Plant Industry. In particular we would like to recognize the efforts of Mrs. V. Ronning in dealing with the correspondence and the reorganization of many of the manuscripts; Mr. T. Buchwald for his patient reading of proofs and the typists Mrs. V. Taylor, Mrs. S. Kelo, Mrs. P. French, Mrs. D. McCann, Mrs. C. Stokes and Mrs. P. Dawson for their team effort in producing the camera-ready copy for this book. /. F. Ward/aw and J. B. Passioura xvi
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