Defining phosphorus efficiency in plants |
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Authors: | Gourley C. J. P. Allan D. L. Russelle M. P. |
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Affiliation: | (1) Victorian Dep. of Agric., Ellinbank Dairy Research Institute, 3820 Warragul South, Victoria, Australia;(2) Soil Science Dep., Univ. of Minnesota, 55108-6028 St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.;(3) USDA-Agric. Res. Service-US Dairy Forage Res. Center, Univ. of Minnesota, 55108-6028 St. Paul, MN, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The many different definitions for "nutrient efficiency" make the use of the term ambiguous. We evaluated nutrient efficiency using data from a study of response to phosphorus (P) supply in white clover (Trifolium repens L.) and lucerne (Medicago sativa L.). Application of various criteria identified in the literature as measures of nutrient efficiency did not clarify differences between purportedly P efficient and inefficient germplasm. Germplasm differed in maximum shoot and total dry mass and in solution P concentration ([P]s) required to achieve 80% maximum yield, but not in P concentration of tissue ([P]t), internal P utilization, or P uptake per unit of fine root dry mass. Differences in yield may have resulted from factors other than efficient use of P. To reduce the confounding effects that other factors have on nutrient efficiency, it is essential that equivalent yields of germplasm be demonstrated where nutrients are not limiting. Mechanisms that enable enhanced nutrient efficiency can be identified less ambiguously using this approach.Joint contribution of the Minn. Agric. Exp. Stn. and the USDA-ARS |
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Keywords: | Lucerne Medicago sativa nutrient efficiency nutrient utilization,phosphorus efficiency Trifolium repens white clover |
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