Nitrate reduction in the leaves and numbers of nitrifiers in the rhizosphere ofPlantago lanceolata growing in two contrasting sites |
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Authors: | Tjeerd Blacquière |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Plant Physiology, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 14, 9750 AA Haren (Gn.), The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Summary Numbers of autotrophic nitrifiers in the rhizosphere, and thein vivo nitrate reductase activity (NRA) in the leaves of individual plants ofPlantago lanceolata were determined in plants at two contrasting sites. In a dune grassland, high numbers of nitrifiers were present in the rhizosphere, and significant NRA was detected in the leaves. During dry periods nitrate utilization sometimes was depressed. In a wet hayfield, on peat soil, very low numbers of nitrifiers were found in the rhizosphere. Also the NRA was low. In the wet habitat, the NRA in the leaves of some fen species, containing aerenchyma in the roots, was higher than that ofP. lanceolata, not containing aerenchyma.Grassland Species Research Group. Publication No. 105. |
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Keywords: | Alnus glutinosa L Hippophaë rhamnoides L Ionic balance N2 fixation Nitrosomonas Plantago lanceolata L Rhizosphere |
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