Micronutrients and nitrogen metabolism |
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Authors: | K S Dhillon B A Yagodeen V A Vernichenko |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Moscow, USSR;(2) Present address: Dept. of Soils, Punjab Agril. University, 141004 Ludhiana Punjab, India |
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Abstract: | A sand-culture experiment was conducted to study the influence of a deficiency of and an excess of micronutrients on the uptake
and assimilation of NH
4
+
and NO
3
−
ions by maize. By studying the fate of15N supplied as15NH4NO3 or NH4
15NO3, it was demonstrated that in maize plants NH4−N was absorbed in preference to NO
3
−
−N. The uptake and distribution of N originating from both NH
4
+
and NO
3
−
was considerably modified by deficiency of, or an excess of, micronutrients in the growth medium. The translocation of NH
4
+
−N from roots to shoots was relatively less than that of NO
3
−
−N. Deficiency as well as excessive amounts of micronutrients, in the growth medium, substantially reduced the translocation
of absorbed N into protein. This effect was more pronounced in the case of N supplied as NO
3
−
. Amino-N was the predominant non-protein fraction in which N from both NH
4
+
and NO
3
−
tended to accumulate. The next important non-protein fractions were NO
3
−
−N when N was supplied as NO
3
−
and amide-N when NH
4
+
was the source. The relative accumulation of15N into different protein fractions was also a function of imposed micronutrient levels. |
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Keywords: | ammonium assimilation maize micronutrients nitrate nitrogen metabolism protein |
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