Abstract: | Deane-Drummond, C. E. and Thayer, J.R. 1986. Nitrate transportcharacteristics in Hordeum vulgare L. seedlings using threedifferent tracer techniques.J. exp. Bot. 37: 429439. and have been used to investigate various properties of nitrate uptake and translocation intoHordeum vulgare L seedlings. Short term / influx into seed lings grown in CaSO4 was stimulated by after a lag of 2 h. The apparent kinetics of shortterm / influx over the concentration range 0?00?7mol m fitted Michaelis-Menten equations The apparent Vmax didnot change when seedlings were used that had been pretreatedin 10 or 100 mmol m3 and Vmax=3.77 and 3?56µmol g1 fr. wt. h1respectively. The apparent Michaelis constants were also similarand Km=0?47 and 0?45 mol m3 respectively. Longer term pulse chase experiments with the heavy isotope 15Nhave shown that feeding roots with resulted in the preferential appearance of 15N labelled aminoacids in the xylem sap. Pulse chase experiments with the radioisotope13N have shown that feeding shoots with resulted in a radial pattern of distnbution of labelin the leaf veins, which can be detected using autoradiography. The limitations and advantages of all three techniques are comparedby reference to other known experimental data. Key words: 36Chlorate, 13nitrate, 15nitrate, Hordeum vulgare |