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The effects of developmental stage and source leaf position on integration and sectorial patterns of carbohydrate movement in an annual plant, Perilla frutescens (Lamiaceae)¹

^a Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405

A well-integrated plant shows extensive carbohydrate translocation through the plant body. Even in highly integrated plants, however, translocation patterns will be sectorial if vascular tissue restricts carbon movement to sectors along stems. Both integration and sectorial translocation patterns are sensitive to plant architecture and thus may change as a plant develops. These patterns should vary also with the position of the source leaf because leaves at each node are unique in age and vascular relationship to the rest of the plant. I measured the effects of developmental stage and location of the source leaf on integration and sectoriality in an annual plant, Perilla frutescens, by labeling plants with C at one of three leaves and four developmental stages. Stage and source leaf affected both integration and sectoriality. Most notably, integration declined and sectoriality increased during seed fill, when resource demand at each node was high. Furthermore, translocation was least extensive from the leaf supporting the largest number of seeds on its axillary branch. These results suggest that plants are not homogeneous collections of subunits; rather, the role of each leaf in a plant's carbon budget is a function of its age and location on the plant.

Key Words: allocation • carbohydrate translocation; • integration • Lamiaceae • module • Perilla frutescens • sectoriality

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