The ability of plants to absorb ions selectively is a major reason for the preference for chemical rather than physical theories of ion uptake (11), yet in spite of this, comparatively little attention has been paid to this property. Thus far, selectivity between alkali cations has been examined in excised barley roots (6) in beet discs (12) and in whole plants (1,4). In recent years the relati...

Giant axons from the squid were injected with 1.5 M cesium sulfate solutions containing the radioactive isotopes 42K and 134Cs. These axons, when stimulated, gave characteristic long duration action potentials lasting between 5 and 45 msec. The effluxes of 42K and 134Cs were measured both under resting conditions and during periods of repetitive stimulation. During the lengthened responses ther...

It has been suggested that cesium is absorbed from the soil through potassium uptake machineries in plants; however, not much is known about perception mechanism and downstream response. Here, we report that the jasmonate pathway is required in plant response to cesium. Jasmonate biosynthesis mutant aos and jasmonate-insensitive mutant coi1-16 show clear resistance to root growth inhibition cau...