期刊
FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY
卷 36, 期 7, 页码 621-628出版社
CSIRO PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1071/FP08330
关键词
fine roots; nitrate uptake; nutrient uptake; root age; root diameter; root function
资金
- USDA [NRI 97-35107-4359, NRI 2008-01029]
- USDA/CSREES Special Research [99-34360-7374]
- NSF [IOS-08-18435]
We only have a limited understanding of the nutrient uptake physiology of individual roots as they age. Despite this shortcoming, the importance of nutrient uptake processes to our understanding of plant nutrition and nutrient cycling cannot be underestimated. In this study, we used a N-15 depletion method that allowed for the measurement of nitrate-N uptake rates on intact, individual,. ne roots of known age. We expected that N uptake would decline rapidly as. ne roots aged, regardless of the environmental conditions and species used. We compared age dependent uptake patterns of young grape cuttings with those of mature vines and with those of tomato. Although patterns of declining uptake with increasing root age were similar for all species and conditions tested, large differences in maximum N uptake rates existed between young cuttings and mature vines, and between woody and herbaceous species. Maximum rates were 10-fold higher for tomato and 3-fold higher for the grape cuttings, when compared with uptake rates of. ne roots of mature vines. Coefficients of variation ranged from 43 to 122% within root age groups. The large variability in physiological characteristics of. ne roots of the same age, diameter and order suggests that there is a functional diversity within. ne roots that is still poorly understood.
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