Chapter12 Plant Senescence and Organ Abscission.pptVIP

seed development Fruit development respiratary climacteric Dormancy after ripening Senescence Nutrition exhaustion theory Senescence-associated genes Abscission abscission zone * * * 4.4.2 Degradation of biomacromolecules。 (1).DNA degrades，RNA changes in quality and quantity. RNA break down faster than DNA does during senescence, especially rRNA, which is more sensitive to senescence. RNase activity rises and DNA—RNA polymerase activity declines。 (2).Protein synthesis decreases and its degradation increases。 Soluble protein-----Rubisco decreases in 85%, thylakoid membrane protein decrease5