Impairment of Respiration, Ion Accumulation, and Ion Retention in Root Tissue Treated with Ribonuclease and Ethylenediamine Tetraacetic Acid

Abstract

Ribonuclease has been reported to imlpair protein synthesis (1, 2), growth (2), aind ion accunmulation (15, 24) in plant tissue. Oxidative phosphorylation by plant mitochondria is uncoupledl by RNase3 (8) however, this enzynme has not been found to affect root respiration (1, 8).