Effects of aluminium on growth and nutrient uptake of small Picea abies and Pinus sylvestris plants |
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Authors: | Anders Göransson Toril Drabløs Eldhuset |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Ecology and Environmental Research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7072, S-75007 Uppsala, Sweden;(2) Present address: Section of Forest Ecology, Norwegian Forest Research Institute, P. O. Box 61, N-1432 Ås-NLH, Norway |
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Abstract: | Summary The effects of aluminium concentrations between 0.2 and 30 mM at pH 3.8 ±0.2 on small plants of Norway spruce [(Picea abies (L.) Karst], Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), and Scots pine infected with the ectomycorrhizal fungus Suillus bovinus (L. ex Fr.) O. Kuntze were investigated. The plants were grown at maximum relative growth rate (RG % day–1) with free access but very low external concentrations of nutrients. Steady-state conditions with respect to relative growth rate (RG) and internal nutrient concentrations were achieved before addition of aluminium, which was added as AlCl3 and/or Al(NO3)3. There were reductions in rg at aluminium concentrations of 0.3 mM in spruce, 6 mM in pine and 10 mM in ectomycorrhizal pine, i. e. at aluminium concentrations considerably higher than those normally occurring in the top layer of the mineral soil where most fine roots are found. Nutrient uptake rate per unit root growth rate was calculated for different nutrient elements. The uptake rate of calcium and magnesium was reduced at aluminium concentrations of 0.2 mM (spruce), 1 mM (pine) and 3 mM (ectomycorrhizal pine), without influencing Rg. The results question the validity of the hypothesis of aluminium toxicity to forest tree species at low external concentrations. |
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Keywords: | Aluminium concentration Nutrient uptake Picea abies Pinus sylvestris Relative growth rate |
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