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In plants of wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) grown in the media with nitrate (NO 3 ? plants), ammonium (NH 4 + plants), and without nitrogen (N-deficient plants), the response to oxidative stress induced by the addition of 300 mM NaCl to the nutrient solution was investigated. Three-day-long salinization induced chlorophyll degradation and accumulation of malondialdehyde (MDA) in the leaves. These signs of oxidative stress were clearly expressed in NO 3 ? and N-deficient plants and weakly manifested in NH 4 + plants. In none of the treatments, salinization induced the accumulation of MDA in the roots. Depending on the conditions of N nutrition, salt stress was accompanied by diverse changes in the activity of antioxidant enzymes in the leaves and roots. Resistance of leaves of NH 4 + plants to oxidative stress correlated with a considerable increase in the activities of ascorbate peroxidase and glutathione reductase. Thus, wheat plants grown on the NH 4 + -containing medium were more resistant to the development of oxidative stress in the leaves than those supplied with nitrate. 相似文献
2.
Burley tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum L.) plants were grown in the field with or without irrigation and fertilized with 0, 120, 240 or 360 kg N ha –1 over two growing seasons to assess nitrogen use under Mediterranean climate conditions. Kjeldahl-N and NO 3-N in leaves and stems and NO 3-N and NH 4-N in the soil at two depths (0–0.3 and 0.3–0.6 m) were determined. The effect of N fertilization on total N accumulated in the canopy biomass was markedly different between irrigated and non-irrigated plants. Under non-irrigated conditions N accumulated in the plant did not depend on the amount of N applied. In both years, the amount of N in irrigated plants increased in response to the amount of N applied, starting from 49 to 56 days after transplanting (DAT). The average amount of total N in the canopy of irrigated plants, measured across all sampling dates of both years, ranged from 30 kg ha –1 of the unfertilized control to 88 kg ha –1 of the 360 kg ha –1 of N applied. The average amount of plant NO 3-N was 2.6 and 4.4 kg ha –1 for non-irrigated and irrigated plots across all N treatments (means of 1996 and 1997). Nitrogen uptake rate (NUR) of non-irrigated plants was high between seedling establishment and the period of rapid stem elongation in 1996 (from 36 to 50 DAT) and until flowering in 1997 (from 42 to 71 DAT), but much less or negligible at later stages of plant development. Irrigation increased NUR dramatically in the second part of the growing season. Maximum NUR was estimated for plants receiving 240 or 360 kg N ha –1 in both years. The year of study did not affect the recovery fraction (RF), physiological efficiency (PE) or agronomic efficiency (AE). Irrigation and N fertilization had significant effects on both RF and AE, but not on PE. Maximum values of RF were 45 and 22% for irrigated and non-irrigated treatments, respectively. In irrigated plots there was a negative relationship between RF and increasing N levels at all sampling dates. 相似文献
3.
To study the effect of removing tubers on growth and net assimilationrate ( E) of potato, plants were grown in pots partly filledwith soil with the shoot growing through a polythene cover.Tubers developed in the space between the cover and the soilsurface. Removing tubers immediately they began to form had little effecton E at the beginning of the experiment but later greatly reducedit. Shading reduced E more at the beginning of the experimentthan later. Removing tubers decreased total dry weight, butmuch of the material that would have moved to tubers accumulatedin leaves and stems. In intact plants the loss of weight byshading was mainly from the tubers; in plants without tubersit was mainly from stems and leaves. Removing tubers increasedleaves on lateral stems. Increasing the amount of nitrogen supplieddiminished the effect on E of removing tubers, presumably becausethe extra allowed other sinks for carbohydrate to develop. Thegrowth of some buds of the potato plant is so strongly inhibitedthat they cannot grow and act as sinks for excess carbohydratewhen tubers are removed. Such internal inhibition of growthmay sometimes suffice to influence the magnitude of E of normalplants. Removing tubers usually increased sugar and starch contentand protein N content of stems and leaves. 相似文献
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Growth at elevated CO 2 often decreases photosynthetic capacity (acclimation) and leaf N concentrations. Lower-shaded canopy leaves may undergo both CO 2 and shade acclimation. The relationship of acclimatory responses of flag and lower-shaded canopy leaves of wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) to the N content, and possible factors affecting N gain and distribution within the plant were investigated in a wheat crop growing in field chambers set at ambient (360 μmol mol −1) and elevated (700 μmol mol −1) CO 2, and with two amounts of N fertilizer (none and 70 kg ha −1 applied on 30 April). Photosynthesis, stomatal conductance and transpiration at a common measurement CO 2, chlorophyll and Rubisco levels of upper-sunlit (flag) and lower-shaded canopy leaves were significantly lower in elevated relative to ambient CO 2-grown plants. Both whole shoot N and leaf N per unit area decreased at elevated CO 2, and leaf N declined with canopy position. Acclimatory responses to elevated CO 2 were enhanced in N-deficient plants. With N supply, the acclimatory responses were less pronounced in lower canopy leaves relative to the flag leaf. Additional N did not increase the fraction of shoot N allocated to the flag and penultimate leaves. The decrease in photosynthetic capacity in both upper-sunlit and lower-shaded leaves in elevated CO 2 was associated with a decrease in N contents in above-ground organs and with lower N partitioning to leaves. A single relationship of N per unit leaf area to the transpiration rate accounted for a significant fraction of the variation among sun-lit and shaded leaves, growth CO 2 level and N supply. We conclude that reduced stomatal conductance and transpiration can decrease plant N, leading to acclimation to CO 2 enrichment. 相似文献
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Abstract. Wild radish plants deprived of, and continuously supplied with solution NO ?3 for 7 d following 3 weeks growth at high NO ?3 supply were compared in terms of changes in dry weight, leaf area, photosynthesis and the partitioning of carbon and nitrogen (NH 2-N and NO ?3-N) among individual organs. Initial levels of NO ?3-N accounted for 25% of total plant N. Following termination of NO ?3 supply, whole plant dry weight growth was not significantly reduced for 3 d, during which time plant NH 2-N concentration declined by about 25% relative to NO ?3-supplied plants, and endogenous NO ?3-N content was reduced to nearly zero. Older leaves lost NO ?3 and NH 2-N, and roots and young leaves gained NH 2-N in response to N stress. Relative growth rate declined due both to decreased net assimilation rate and a decrease in leaf area ratio. A rapid increase in specific leaf weight was indicative of a greater sensitivity to N stress of leaf expansion compared to carbon gain. In response to N stress, photosynthesis per unit leaf area was more severely inhibited in older leaves, whereas weight-based rates were equally inhibited among all leaf ages. Net photosynthesis was strongly correlated with leaf NH 2-N concentration, and the relationship was not significantly different for leaves of NO 3?-supplied compared to NO ?3-deprived plants. Simulations of the time course of NO ?3 depletion for plants of various NH 2-N and NO ?3 compositions and relative growth rates indicated that environmental conditions may influence the importance of NO ?3 accumulation as a buffer against fluctuations in the N supply to demand ratio. 相似文献
6.
Summary Soybean plants were grown in nutrient culture solutions containing 150 ppm of N either as an equal concentration of NH 4
+ or NO 3
–, or all NO 3
–. At the R2 stage of growth for some plants, the N form was changed to either all NO 3
– or all NH 4
+, but at the same total N concentration as before. Highest seed yield was obtained with all NO 3
– over the entire growth period, the poorest when the N form was switched from an equal ratio of NH 4
+ and NO 3
– to all NH 4
+ at the R2 stage. Kjeldahl N concentrations in the plant leaves and seed were highest when NH 4
+ was part or all of the N source in the nutrient solution. These results may partially explain why the literature is inconsistent on the effect of added fertilizer N on soybean seed yield, and may pose a problem in using leaf Kjeldahl N concentration to determine plant N sufficiency. 相似文献
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We investigated the effects of nitrogen (N) availability during the vegetative phase on (a) post‐anthesis N uptake and (b) its translocation into ears in barley plants grown in a greenhouse at two levels of N: low (50 mg N kg ?1 sand) and optimal N supply (150 mg N kg ?1 sand). Plants in the two N treatments were fertilised with the same amount of labelled 15N [50 mg 15N kg ?1 sand at 10% 15N exc (N excess, i.e. N exc, is defined as the abundance of enriched stable isotope minus the natural abundance of the isotope) applied as 15NH 415NO 3] 10 days after anthesis (daa). In a separate experiment, the uptake and transport into ears of proteinogenic and non‐proteinogenic amino acids were studied to determine whether a relationship exists between amino acid transport into ears and their proteinogenic nature. Plants were fed with either 15N‐α‐alanine, a proteinogenic amino acid, or 15N‐α‐aminoisobutyric acid, a non‐proteinogenic amino acid. Both these amino acids were labelled at 95.6% 15N exc. Results showed that N accumulations in stems, leaves and especially in ears were correlated with their dry matter (dm) weights. The application of 150 mg N kg ?1 sand significantly increased plant dm weight and total N accumulation in plants. During their filling period, ears absorbed N from both external (growth substrate) and internal (stored N in plants) sources. Nitrogen concentration in ears was higher in optimal N‐fed plants than in low N‐fed plants until 10 daa, but from 21 to 35 daa, differences were not detected. Conversely, 15N exc in ears, leaves and stems was higher in low N‐fed plants than in optimal N‐fed plants. Ears acted as strong sink organ for the post‐anthesis N taken up from the soil independently of pre‐anthesis N nutrition: on average, 87% of the N taken up from the soil after anthesis was translocated and accumulated in ears. Low N‐fed plants continued to take up N from the post‐anthesis N fertiliser during the later grain‐filling period. The increase of pre‐anthesis N supply rate led to a decrease in the contribution of nitrogen derived from post‐anthesis 15N‐labelled fertiliser (N dff) to total N in all aboveground organs, especially in ears where 44% and 22% of total N originated from post‐anthesis N uptake in low N‐fed and optimal N‐fed plants, respectively. The experiment with labelled amino acids showed that there was greater transport of proteinogenic amino acid into the ear (50% of total 15N) than non‐proteinogenic amino acid (39%). However, this transport of the non‐proteinogenic amino acids into ear suggested that the transport of N compounds from source (leaves) to sink organs (ear) might not be intrinsically regulated by their ability to be incorporated into storage protein of ears. 相似文献
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The effect of gibberellic acid, CCC (2-chloroethyltrimethylammonium chloride) and B 9 ( N-dimethylaminosuccinamic acid) was studied on growth of potato plants in pots. Growth was analysed on four occasions and changes in habit defined in terms of internode lengths, leaf areas and growth of lateral branches. Soaking seed pieces for 1 hr. in GA solution caused six internodes to elongate greatly, an effect not prevented by CCC applied when the shoot emerged from the soil. The effects on internode extension were determined by the length of the interval between GA treatment and CCC treatment. Treatment at emergence with CCC shortened all internodes and more CCC applied 4 weeks later had no effect. Late application of CCC or B9 shortened the top two lateral branches, usually very long in untreated plants. The regulators affected leaf growth differently from internode growth: usually growth regulators had less effect on leaf growth. Effects on growth depended on when the regulators were applied. Treatment with GA alone inhibited bud development at higher nodes than in untreated plants; when followed by late treatment with CCC, lateral growth at higher nodes was also less. CCC retarded development of lateral branches especially when applied early. B9 had a similar effect to CCC applied late. When regulators retarded growth of lower laterals, upper laterals often grew more than in untreated plants. Treatments did not affect the number of leaves on the main stem at first but later GA hastened senescence. GA increased the number of leaves on lateral stems, and the effect was enhanced by CCC. CCC alone increased the number of first- and second-order lateral leaves. GA lengthened and CCC shortened stolons. The effect of CCC persisted throughout the life of the plant. CCC or B 9 shortened stolons whenever applied. CCC hastened tuber initiation but slowed tuber growth. CCC at first retarded formation of lateral tubers but had no effect on the ultimate numbers of lateral and terminal tubers. The value of E (net assimilation rate) did not alter with time. CCC applied at emergence increased E, probably because it hastened tuber initiation and temporarily increased sink capacity. Although tubers formed earlier with CCC, their growth was slower and their demand for carbohydrate was also less. The increase in second-order laterals in CCC-treated plants indicates that they utilize carbohydrate that would normally go to tubers. This experiment also demonstrates that crowding leaves by shortening stems did not diminish E, possibly because another over-riding process (bigger sinks) offsets the effect of shading. 相似文献
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A glasshouse study was made of the distribution of 15N among vegetative organs of sunflower and its later remobilization and redistribution to seeds, as influenced by the developmental
stage at which 15N was provided, and by the N status of the plants. Plants of Hysun 30 sunflower were grown in sand culture and provided with
K 15NO 3 for a 3-day period at: (a) 3 days before the end of floret initiation; (b) 3 days before anthesis; (c) the start of anthesis;
(d) full anthesis; and (e) 8 days after full anthesis. The plants were grown on a range of N supply rates, from severely deficient
to more than adequate for maximum growth.
Nitrogen-15 was distributed to all parts of the plant at the end of the 15N uptake periods. With the exception of the most N-stressed plants, subsequent remobilization of 15N from roots, stems and leaves occurred irrespective of the time the 15N was taken up. However, the percentage redistribution to seeds of 15N taken up at the end of floret initiation was less than for 15N taken up at anthesis. Remobilization of 15N from leaves and roots was higher (70%) for 15N taken up during and after anthesis than for 15N taken up at the end of floret initiation (45%), except for plants grown on the lowest N supply. By contrast, remobilization
of 15N from the stem was lower for 15N taken up after full anthesis (40%) than before or during anthesis (>70%). The proportion of 15N remobilized from the top third of the stem was less than that from the bottom third, and decreased with increasing plant
N status. Nitrogen-15 taken up over the 3-day supply periods during anthesis contributed from 2 to 11% of the total seed N
at maturity; the contribution to seeds was greatest for plants grown on the highest N supply. Nitrogen taken up just before
and during anthesis contributed most of the N accumulated in mature seeds of plants grown on an adequate N supply, but N taken
up between the end of floret initiation and just before anthesis, or after full anthesis seemed to make an equally important
contribution to mature seeds as N taken up during anthesis for plants grown on a very low N supply.
It was concluded that the development of florets and seeds of sunflower is supported by N taken up by the plant between the
end of floret initiation and anthesis, and by N redistributed from vegetative organs. Unless soil N is so low as to impair
early growth, split applications of N fertilizer would be best made just before the end of floret initiation (‘star stage’)
and just before anthesis. 相似文献
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以不同时期顶端优势去除处理的菊芋为研究对象,通过测定根、茎、叶、花和块茎等器官C、N、P含量,计算C∶N、C∶P和N∶P比值,探讨顶端优势去除对菊芋各器官C、N、P化学计量特征的影响规律。结果表明:各器官之间C含量高低顺序没有因去顶而改变,氮和磷含量高低顺序因去顶而表现出不同的大小关系;顶端优势去除提高了茎秆、块茎和分枝的C含量,除最后一次顶端优势去除提高了叶片C含量,其它顶端优势去除时间均降低了叶片含量;顶端优势去除降低了根系、茎秆和块茎N含量,提高了分枝和花的含N量;顶端优势去除提高了叶片和块茎的含P量;C∶N范围为24.15—153.75、C∶P范围为118.87—2265.72、N∶P范围为2.46—24.05,N∶P平均值为10.67,说明菊芋生长主要受N元素的限制。 相似文献
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The activity of enzymes participating in the systems of antioxidant protection was assayed in the second leaf and roots of 21-day-old wheat seedlings ( Triticum aestivum L.) grown in a medium with nitrate (NO –
3 treatment), ammonium (NH +
4 treatment), or without nitrogen added (N-deficiency treatment). The activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase, ascorbate peroxidase, glutathione reductase, and catalase in the leaves and roots of the NH +
4 plants was significantly higher than in the plants grown in the nitrate medium. The activity of SOD decreased and ascorbate peroxidase markedly increased in leaves, whereas the activity of ascorbate peroxidase increased in the roots of N-deficient plants, as compared to the plants grown in nitrate and ammonium. Low-temperature incubation (5°, 12 h) differentially affected the antioxidant activity of the studied plants. Whereas leaf enzyme activities did not change in the NH +
4 plants, the activities of SOD, peroxidase, ascorbate peroxidase, and catalase markedly increased in the NO –
3 plants. In leaves of the N-deficient plant, the activity of SOD decreased; however, the activity of other enzymes increased. In response to temperature decrease, catalase activity increased in the roots of NO –
3 and NH +
4-plants, whereas in the N-deficient plants, the activity of peroxidase increased. Thus, in wheat, both nitrogen form and nitrogen deficiency changed the time-course of antioxidant enzyme activities in response to low temperature. 相似文献
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Effect of nitrogen (N) deficiency on antioxidant status and Cd toxicity in rice seedlings was investigated. N deficiency resulted
in a reduction of shoot growth but not root growth. The contents of N-containing compounds such as nitrate, chlorophyll, and
protein decreased in leaves of rice seedlings grown under N deficiency. Accumulation of abscisic acid and H 2O 2 in leaves was induced by N deficiency. The content of ascorbate and the activities of ascorbate peroxidase, glutathione reductase,
and catalase in N-deficient leaves were lower than their respective control leaves. However, glutathione content was not affected
and superoxide dismutase activity was increased by N deficiency. Cd toxicity in N-deficient seedlings was more pronounced
than that in N-sufficient ones. Pretreatment with ascorbate or L-galactono-1,4-lactone, a biosynthetic precursor of ascorbate
resulted in a reduction of Cd toxicity enhanced by N deficiency. N deficiency also resulted in an enhancement of Cd uptake
in rice seedlings. The possible mechanism of Cd toxicity enhanced by N deficiency is discussed. 相似文献
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Mechanical wounding stimulates nicotine synthesis in tobacco plants. In the practice of tobacco production, most nitrogen (N) is taken up before removal of the shoot apex, while nicotine is mainly synthesized afterwards. Since N is required for nicotine synthesis, it is interesting to know whether plants can use N taken up before removal of the shoot apex to synthesize nicotine after wounding. To address this question, a hydroponics culture experiment was carried out, in which N was supplied as NH 4NO 3 at two levels (1 mM and 6 mM) in pre-culture, and N was either withdrawn or replaced by 15N after removing the shoot apex for the next seven days. Removal of the shoot apex caused a marked increase in nicotine concentration in various organs, also when plants grew under low-N conditions and showed symptoms of N deficiency. Increased nicotine accumulation even occurred when N was withdrawn from the growth medium before the apex was removed, indicating that tobacco plants can use N taken up previously to synthesize nicotine after mechanical wounding. The amount of N used for nicotine synthesis accounted for 5–6% of the total N, irrespective of treatment. Although most of the nicotine in intact plants and plants with the apex removed was synthesized de novo, as evidenced by the data when N was replaced by 15N-labeled NH 4NO 3, a large amount of the N absorbed before the N replacement was incorporated into the newly formed nicotine. The proportion of nicotine- 15N to total nicotine-N was almost the same as that of 15N to total N in various organs. The results show the utilization of remobilized N taken up before excision of the shoot apex for nicotine synthesis afterwards, and highlight the importance of N cycling within plants, both when grown under N-sufficient and N-deficient conditions.Key words: 15N-isotope nitrogen, mechanical wounding, nicotine concentration, nicotine synthesis, nitrogen deficiency, removal of the shoot apex, tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) 相似文献
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About 50–60% of dairy cattle slurry nitrogen is ammonium N. Part of the ammonium N in cattle slurry is immobilised due to
microbial decomposition of organic matter in the slurry after application to soil. The immobilisation and the remineralisation
influence the fertiliser value of slurry N and the amount of organic N that is retained in soil. The immobilisation and the
remineralisation of 15 N-labelled dairy cattle slurry NH 4-N were studied through three growing seasons after spring application under temperate conditions. Effects of slurry distribution
(mixing, layer incorporation, injection, surface-banding) and extra litter straw in the slurry on the plant utilisation of
labelled NH 4-N from slurry were studied and compared to the utilisation of 15N-labelled mineral fertiliser. The initial immobilisation of slurry N was influenced by the slurry distribution in soil. More
N was immobilised when the slurry was mixed with soil. Surface-banding of slurry resulted in significant volatilisation losses
and less residual 15N in soil. Much more N was immobilised after slurry incorporation than after mineral fertiliser application. After 2.5 years
the recovery of labelled N in soil (0–25 cm) was 46% for slurry mixed with soil, 42% for injected slurry, 22% for surface-banded
slurry and 24% for mineral fertiliser N. The total N uptake in a ryegrass cover crop was 5–10 kg N/ha higher in the autumn
after spring-application of cattle slurry (100–120 kg NH 4-N/ha) compared to the mineral fertiliser N reference, but the immobilised slurry N (labelled N) only contributed little to
the extra N uptake in the autumn. Even in the second autumn after slurry application there was an extra N uptake in the cover
crop (0–10 kg N/ha). The residual effect of the cattle slurry on spring barley N uptake was insignificant in the year after
slurry application (equivalent to 3% of total slurry N). Eighteen months after application, 13% of the residual 15N in soil was found in microbial biomass whether it derived from slurry or mineral fertiliser, but the remineralisation rate
(% crop removal of residual 15N) was higher for fertiliser- than for slurry-derived N, except after surface-banding. Extra litter straw in the slurry had
a negligible influence on the residual N effects in the year after application.
It is concluded that a significant part of the organic N retained in soil after cattle slurry application is derived from
immobilised ammonium N, but already a few months after application immobilised N is stabilised and only slowly released. The
immobilised N has negligible influence on the residual N effect of cattle slurry in the first years after slurry application,
and mainly contributes to the long-term accumulation of organic N in soil together with part of the organic slurry N. Under
humid temperate conditions the residual N effects of the manure can only be optimally utilised when soil is also covered by
plants in the autumn, because a significant part of the residual N is released in the autumn, and there is a higher risk of
N leaching losses on soils that receive cattle slurry regularly compared to soils receiving only mineral N fertilisers. 相似文献
15.
In chicory, we examined how NO 3
− supply affected NO 3
− uptake, N partitioning between shoot and root and N accumulation in the tuberized root throughout the vegetative period.
Plants were grown at two NO 3
− concentrations: 0.6 and 3 mM. We used 15N-labelling/chase experiments for the quantification of N fluxes between shoot and root and for determining whether N stored
in the tuberized root originates from N remobilized from the shoot or from recently absorbed NO 3
−. The rate of 15NO 3
− uptake was decreased by low NO 3
− availability at all stages of growth. In young plants (10–55 days after sowing; DAS), in both NO 3
− treatments the leaves were the strongest sink for 15N. In mature (tuberizing) plants, (55–115 DAS), the rate of 15NO 3
− uptake increased as well as the amount of exogenous N allocated to the root. In N-limited plants, N allocation to the tuberized
root relied essentially on recent N absorption, while in N-replete plants, N remobilized from the shoot contributed more to
N-reserve accumulation in the root. In senescing plants (115–170 DAS) the rate of 15NO 3
− uptake decreased mainly in N-replete plants whereas it remained almost unchanged in N-limited plants. In both NO 3
− treatments the tuberized root was the strongest sink for recently absorbed N. Remobilization of previously absorbed N from
shoot to tuberized root increased greatly in N-limited plants, whereas it increased slightly in N-replete plants. As a consequence,
accumulation of the N-storage compounds vegetative storage protein (VSP) and arginine was delayed until later in the vegetative
period in N-limited plants. Our results show that although the dynamics of N storage was affected by NO 3
− supply, the final content of total N, VSP and arginine in roots was almost the same in N-limited and N-replete plants. This
indicates that chicory is able to build up a store of available N-reserves, even when plants are grown on low N. We also suggest
that in tuberized roots there is a maximal capacity for N accumulation, which was reached earlier (soon after 100 DAS) in
N-replete plants. This hypothesis is supported by the fact that in N-replete plants despite NO 3
− availability, N accumulation ceased and significant amounts of N were lost due to N efflux.
Received: 14 October 1996 / Accepted: 4 February 1997 相似文献
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Non-nodulated soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) plants were cultivated hydroponically under N-sufficient (5 mM NaNO(3)) or N-deficient (0.5 mM NaNO(3)) conditions. (13)N- or (15)N- labelled nitrate was fed to the cut end of the stems, and the accumulation of nitrate-derived N in the pods, nodes and stems was compared. Real-time images of (13)N distribution in stems, petioles and pods were obtained using a Positron Emitting Tracer Imaging System for a period of 40 min. The results indicated that the radioactivity in the pods of N-deficient plants was about 10 times higher than that of N-sufficient plants, although radioactivity in the stems and nodes of N-deficient versus N-sufficient plants was not different. A similar result was obtained by supplying (15)NO(3) to cut soybean shoots for 1 h. The fact that the N translocation into the pods from NO(3) fed to the stem base was much faster in N-deficient plants may be due to the strong sink activity of the pods in N-deficient plants. Alternatively, the redistribution of N from the leaves to the pods via the phloem may be accelerated in N-deficient plants. The temporal accumulation of (13)NO(3) in nodes was suggested in both N-sufficient and N-deficient plants. In one (13)NO(3) pulse-chase experiment, radioactivity in the stem declined rapidly after transferring the shoot from the (13)NO(3) solution to non-labelled NO(3); in contrast, the radioactivity in the node declined minimally during the same time period. 相似文献
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The response of the tubers to NO 3– was studied in comparison to the other organs of Solanum tuberosum var. Sava, with special focus on: (a) whether tubers are capable of primary N assimilation; (b) whether N assimilation is stimulated by NO 3–; and (c) whether primary N assimilation in tubers is important for tuber growth. NO 3– reduction via nitrate reductase (NR; EC 1.6.6.1) and NH 4+ assimilation via glutamine synthetase (GS; EC 6.3.1.2) occurred predominantly in the shoots, but up to 20% was contributed by the tubers under low‐NO 3– conditions. NR activation was highest in tubers (up to 90%) and declined in all organs with increasing NO 3– supply. NR and GS activity responded with a decline in tubers and roots as opposed to an increase in the shoots. This corresponded to relative organ growth: growth of tubers and roots was stimulated relative to that of shoots at a limiting NO 3– supply. Absolute growth of all organs was stimulated by NO 3–, whereas tuber number declined. The concentration of N compounds increased with NO 3– supply in all organs: NO 3– increased most dramatically in the shoots (81‐fold), free amino acids most markedly in the tubers (three‐fold). The amount of patatin and of the 22 kDa protein complex in the tuber reached a minimum when the amount of Rubisco in the shoot reached maximum as a response to NO 3– supply. Tuber sucrose and starch increased by 40%, whereas glucose and fructose declined two‐fold as plant N status increased. It is concluded that tubers are potentially N autotroph organs with capacity for de novo synthesis of amino acids. Primary N assimilation in tubers, however, declines with increasing NO 3– supply and is not of major importance for tuber growth. 相似文献
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The effects of nitrogen applied at increasing levels of 0, 4, 8, 16 and 32 mM N (KNO 3 or NH 4Cl) were studied in faba bean ( Vicia faba) nodulated by Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viceae RCR lool. Nitrogenase activity was higher at 4 and 8 mM N than the zero N treatment (control), but 16 and 32 mM N significantly reduced the efficiency of nodule functions. Nitrate reductase activities (NRA) of leaves, stems, roots, nodules and nodule fractions (bacteroid and cytosol) were increased with rising the NO 3 ? or NH 4 + levels. NRA decreased in the order of nodules>leaves>stems>roots. Cytosolic NR was markedly higher than that recorded in the bacteroid fractions. Nitrate levels were linearly correlated to NRA of nodules. Accumulation of NO 2 ? within nodules suggests that NO 2 ? inhibits nodule’s activity after feeding plants with NO 3 ? or NH 4 +. 相似文献
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The author studied the effect of different nickel concentrations (0, 0.4, 40 and 80 μM Ni) on the nitrate reductase (NR) activity
of New Zealand spinach ( Tetragonia expansa Murr.) and lettuce ( Lactuca sativa L. cv. Justyna) plants supplied with different nitrogen forms (NO 3
−–N, NH 4
+–N, NH 4NO 3). A low concentration of Ni (0.4 μM) did not cause statistically significant changes of the nitrate reductase activity in
lettuce plants supplied with nitrate nitrogen (NO 3
−–N) or mixed (NH 4NO 3) nitrogen form, but in New Zealand spinach leaves the enzyme activity decreased and increased, respectively. The introduction
of 0.4 μM Ni in the medium containing ammonium ions as a sole source of nitrogen resulted in significantly increased NR activity
in lettuce roots, and did not cause statistically significant changes of the enzyme activity in New Zealand spinach plants.
At a high nickel level (Ni 40 or 80 μM), a significant decrease in the NR activity was observed in New Zealand spinach plants
treated with nitrate or mixed nitrogen form, but it was much more marked in leaves than in roots. An exception was lack of
significant changes of the enzyme activity in spinach leaves when plants were treated with 40 μM Ni and supplied with mixed
nitrogen form, which resulted in the stronger reduction of the enzyme activity in roots than in leaves. The statistically
significant drop in the NR activity was recorded in the aboveground parts of nickel-stressed lettuce plants supplied with
NO 3
−–N or NH 4NO 3. At the same time, there were no statistically significant changes recorded in lettuce roots, except for the drop of the
enzyme activity in the roots of NO 3
−-fed plants grown in the nutrient solution containing 80 μM Ni. An addition of high nickel doses to the nutrient solution
contained ammonium nitrogen (NH 4
+–N) did not affect the NR activity in New Zealand spinach plants and caused a high increase of this enzyme in lettuce organs,
especially in roots. It should be stressed that, independently of nickel dose in New Zealand spinach plants supplied with
ammonium form, NR activity in roots was dramatically higher than that in leaves. Moreover, in New Zealand spinach plants treated
with NH 4
+–N the enzyme activity in roots was even higher than in those supplied with NO 3
−–N. 相似文献
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The objectives of this study were to select and initially characterize mutants of soybean ( Glycine max L. Merr. cv Williams) with decreased ability to reduce nitrate. Selection involved a chlorate screen of approximately 12,000 seedlings (progeny of mutagenized seed) and subsequent analyses for low nitrate reductase (LNR) activity. Three lines, designated LNR-2, LNR-3, and LNR-4, were selected by this procedure. In growth chamber studies, the fully expanded first trifoliolate leaf from NO3−-grown LNR-2, LNR-3, and LNR-4 plants had approximately 50% of the wild-type NR activity. Leaves from urea-grown LNR-2, LNR-3, and LNR-4 plants had no NR activity while leaves from comparable wild-type plants had considerable activity; the latter activity does not require the presence of NO3− in the nutrient solution for induction and on this basis is tentatively considered as a constitutive enzyme. Summation of constitutive (urea-grown wild-type plants) and inducible (NO3−-grown LNR-2, LNR-3, or LNR-4 plants) leaf NR activities approximated activity in leaves of NO3−-grown wild-type plants. Root NR activities were comparable in wild-type and mutant plants grown on NO3−, and roots of both plant types lacked constitutive NR activity when grown on urea. In both growth chamber- and field-grown plants, oxides of nitrogen [NO(x)] were evolved from young leaves of wild-type plants, but not from leaves of LNR-2 plants, during in vivo NR assays. Analysis of leaves from different canopy locations showed that constitutive NR activity was confined to the youngest three fully expanded leaves of the wild-type plant and, therefore, on a total plant canopy basis, the NR activity of LNR-2 plants was approximately 75% that of wild-type plants. It is concluded that: (a) the NR activity in leaves of NO3−-grown wild-type plants includes both constitutive and inducible activity; (b) the missing NR activity in LNR-2, LNR-3, and LNR-4 leaves is the constitutive component; and (c) the constitutive NR activity is associated with NO(x) evolution and occurs only in physiologically young leaves. 相似文献
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