“…(For a recent review on histochemical methodology the reader is referred to Richards & Richards (1998).) By such methods, early indications of the presence of adenylyl cyclase activity were found in plasma membrane, in endoplasmic reticulum and nuclear membranes in Zea mays root tips (Al-azzawi & Hall, 1976), on internal membranes of cytoplasmatic vacuoles in Pisum sativum (Hilton & Nesius, 1978), on the external side of the host plasma membrane and membranes surrounding the endophyte in root nodules of Alnus glutinosa (Gardner et al, 1979), and on the external side of the plasma membrane of Pisum sativum (Nougare ' de et al, 1984). Physiological roles have been proposed for plant adenylyl cyclase : Rougier et al (1988) postulated that adenylyl cyclase activity is a determining factor in the compatibility of pollen tube formation in Populus spp., whereas Curvetto & Delmastro (1990) located an adenylyl cyclase activity in Vicia faba guard cells that was selectively stimulated by IAA, Ca# + , caffeine, GTP, forskolin and, to a smaller extent, ABA.…”