Relationship between plant phosphorus status and the kinetics of arsenate influx in clones ofdeschampsia cespitosa (L.) beauv. that differ in their tolerance to arsenate |
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Authors: | Andrew A Meharg Mark R Macnair |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biological Sciences, Hatherly Laboratories Prince of Wales Road, EX4 4PS Exeter, UK;(2) Present address: Institute for Terrestrial Ecology, Monks Wood, Abbots Ripton, PE17 2LS Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK |
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Abstract: | Uptake kinetics of arsenate were determined in arsenate tolerant and non-tolerant clones of the grassDeschampsia cespitosa under differing root phosphorus status to investigate the mechanism controlling the suppression of arsenate influx observed in tolerant clones. Influx was always lower in tolerants compared to non-tolerants. Short term influx of arsenate by the high affinity uptake system in both tolerant clones was relatively insensitive to root phosphorus status. This was in contrast to the literature where the regulation of the phosphate (arsenate) uptake system is normally much more responsive to plant phosphorus status. The low affinity uptake system in both tolerant and non-tolerant clones, unlike the high affinity uptake system, was more closely regulated by root phosphate status and was repressed to a much greater degree under increasing root phosphorus levels than the high affinity system. |
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Keywords: | arsenate tolerance Deschampsia cespitosa phosphorus nutrition uptake kinetics |
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