The Effects of Light Intensity and External Potassium Level on Root/Shoot Ratio and Rates of Potassium Uptake in Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) |
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Authors: | HUNT, R. BURNETT, JUDITH A. |
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Affiliation: | Department of Botany, The University Bristol, BS8 1UG |
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Abstract: | Loliun perenne L. (cv.S. 23) was grown on vermiculite in winterin a heated greenhouse for 8 weeks under factorial combinationsof two potassium regimes (nominally 6 parts/106 and 156 parts/106in Hewitt's solution) and three densities of artificially supplementedvisible radiation flux (36.1, 7.3, and 2.2 W m2). Growthand potassium uptake were studied through the calculation ofvarious growth functions from fitted curves. There was little effect of potassium treatment but the experimentalmaterial responded markedly to light. Leaf-area ratio in thethree treatments showed extreme plasticity in increasing from23 x 102 through 6 x 102 to 89 x102 m2 g1 as light intensity decreased. Correspondingdecreases in unit leaf rate, however, caused over-all reductionsin relative growth rate. Specific absorption rates for potassium (AK, dry-weight basis)were strongly reduced at the lower light intensities but alsodisplayed complex ontogenetic drifts. Values of the allometricconstant, k (the ratio of root and shoot relative growth rates),decreased from c. 0.7 at 36.1 W m2 through c. 0.3 at7.3 W m2 to a value not significantly different fromzero (P < 0.05) at 2.2 W m2. In material grown under the two higher light intensities a constantinverse relationship was found between the mass ratio of rootand shoot and the corresponding activity ratio. The resultsconform to this model: Mass ratio = 0.001+45.0 (1/activityratio) where activity ratio is expressed as specific absorptionrate for potassium (in µg g root1 h1)/unitshoot rate (rate of increase of whole-plant dry weight per unitshoot dry weight, in mg g shoot1 h1). The implicationsof this relationship are discussed. |
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