The Effect of Oxalate and Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid on the Absorption of Calcium into Lemna |
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Authors: | P. C. DeKOCK Y. OHTA R. H. E. INKSON A. H. KNIGHT |
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Affiliation: | The Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB9 2QJ, Scotland |
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Abstract: | Oxalate supplied to Lemna gibba L. in sterile culture was readily absorbed, stimulating growth and increasing the uptake of calcium when this element was present in the nutrient medium; in the absence of calcium, deficiency symptoms rapidly appeared. EDTA at low concentrations stimulated growth, but concentrations equivalent to those of calcium reduced the uptake of both calcium and oxalate; developing daughter fronds were chlorotic and cells from these tissues appeared to be calcium deficient. |
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