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TREE PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 28, Issue 12, Pages 1793-1803Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/28.12.1793
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acidic deposition; nitrogen assimilation
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We analyzed effects of nitrogen availability and form on growth rates, concentrations of: polyamines and inorganic ions and glUtarnine synthetase activity in in-vitro-cultured red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) cells. Growth rates, concentrations of polyamines and glutamine synthetase activity declined when either the amount of nitrate or the total amount of N in the Culture medium was reduced. When total N in the medium was increased, cell mass increased without significant changes in glutamine synthetase activity or polyamine concentration. Reductions in the amount of nitrate or total N in the culture medium resulted in increased accumulations of Ca, Mn and Zn in the cells, and K accumulation decreased in response to decreasing nitrate:ammonium ratios. The data indicate that changes in total N availability as well as the forms of N play important roles in the physiological responses of in-vitro-grown red spruce cells that mimic the observed responses of forest trees to soil N deficiency and N fertilization.
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