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PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
Volume 73, Issue 2, Pages 147-153Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-013-9876-6
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Ammonia; Chamomile; Herniarin; Nitrate; Umbelliferone
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- VEGA grant agency [1/0046/14]
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N-status of the two Matricaria chamomilla cultivars grown in the presence of high potassium nitrate concentration was evaluated and compared with ammonium nitrate supply. After 5 days of potassium nitrate treatment the visible increase of dry mass together with total chlorophyll accumulation were observed. In both cultivars, ammonium nitrate application led to increased accumulation of N-containing compounds in chamomile leaves. NH4NO3 nitrogen supply influenced activity of nitrate reductase positively. In vivo nitrate reductase activity reached maximum in lower nitrate supply and decreased in higher nitrate availability significantly. Among the most abundant leaf secondary metabolites, the high nitrate availability both KNO3 and NH4NO3 significantly increased umbelliferone level. The highest potassium nitrate dose (60 mmol per plant) caused an osmotic stress accompanied with lower tissue water content and turgor loss. In such condition the decrease in (Z)- and (E)-2-beta-d-glucopyranosyloxy-4-methoxycinnamic acid, herniarin and dicycloethers, as well as PAL activity was observed. On the other hand, strong increase of umbelliferone is likely a stress response and is related to its antioxidant activity.
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