The influence of jasmonic acid on biophysical properties of potato leaf protoplasts and roots.

Jasmonic acid (JA) and its derivatives are a novel group of plant endogenous growth regulators. In our experiments some new data about the physiological effects of JA were obtained using electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. Experiments were performed on potato plants (Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Vesna) grown in vitro. Different quantities of JA (0.1-10 μM) were added to the growth medium. Root samples of plants grown on media supplemented with JA showed a more rapid spin probe N-oxyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl piperidine reduction than the control plants, which is a possible indicator of altered root permeability. Samples of leaf protoplasts were probed with methyl ester of 5-doxyl-haxadecanoic acid. We observed a membrane fluidity decrease in protoplasts isolated from plants grown on higher concentrations of JA (1 and 10 μM).