Annals of Botany 28: 331-338, 1964
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RESEARCH-ARTICLE |
Translocation in Pteridium
The Botany School, the University of Cambridge1
The distributions of radioactivity with distance have been mapped in the rachis of Pteridium aquilinum at different times after application of 14CO2 to a pinna. Profiles change in shape with time, from wave to transition and then to diffusion. The apparent diffusion constant of sucrose may be obtained from transition and diffusion profiles. Values varied from 2.2 x 103 to 3.6 x 102 cm2 sec1. These results are compared with those for various angiosperm species.