BIOMASS ALLOCATION AND NITROGEN DISTRIBUTION IN RYEGRASS UNDER WATER AND NITROGEN SUPPLIES

Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) in grassland is known to sustain with water and nitrogen (N). This study investigates biomass and N partitioning in plant organs (roots, main and the youngest tillers) under water-nitrogen interactions. Nitrogen was applied at the rates of 50 and 100 mg N kg^?1 as N₁ (low N) and N₂ (high N) treatments, respectively, with uniform irrigation until 440 growing degree-days (GDD). Thereafter, the water supply was restricted to 50 mL on a weekly basis (W₁) against 50 mL on a daily basis (W₂) and concurrently, N enriched with 1 atom% ¹⁵N isotopes. Cumulative tillers’ biomass increased linearly from 1st to 8th order, but thereafter reached a plateau with further increases in number of negligible weights. Initially tiller mass and number per plan did not differ (P < 0.05) with water and/or N applications but changed at 788 GDD with clear differences at 911 GDD with the highest under N₂W₂ and lowest under N₁W₁. Nitrogen concentration sharply decreased from 530 to 700 GDD and then levelled off with age. The decline was more pronounced in tillers than roots. The high N treatment showed elevated N-concentration under both water treatments. Watering on a daily basis promoted vegetative growth. High water and N levels significantly (P < 0.05) influenced concentration of N absorbed during ¹⁵N labeling (N_L) in all organs with relatively pronounced N_L under N₂. The additive positive effect of W₂ and N₂ was obvious on N_L as compared to N_T, which showed that plants discriminate N-uptake on mass basis. Nitrogen (mobile) was higher in young and ¹⁵N (heavier) was low in young tillers and vice versa. Accumulation of N absorbed during ¹⁵N labeling (¹⁵N_A) was significant knowing that water is a strong determining factor of N concentration in ryegrass organs.     

施氮量对嘎啦幼苗~(15)N、~(13)C分配利用特性影响

【目的】采用15N、13C同位素示踪技术,通过对不同施氮量下嘎啦幼苗生长状况及氮、碳分配、利用特性等的研究,以期为苹果生产合理施肥提供依据。【方法】将2年生盆栽嘎啦幼苗进行低、中、高三个氮水平处理,同时进行15N标记。在新梢旺长初始期、新梢旺长期、新梢缓长期分别进行整株13C标记,72小时后,整株解析为叶、梢、根三部分,进行15N、13C测定。样品全氮用凯氏定氮法测定,15N丰度用ZHT-03质谱计测定。13C丰度用DELTA V Advantage同位素比率质谱仪测定。【结果】1)中、高氮水平的施肥处理可在不同程度上提高整株及叶片干物质量和新梢长度。新梢旺长初始期和新梢缓长期嘎啦幼苗整株干物质量、新梢旺长期叶片干物质分配比率在中、高氮水平处理间差异不显著,中氮水平经济有效。新梢旺长期以后新梢长度以中氮高氮低氮,三者间差异性显著,中氮处理有利于新梢生长。2)在新梢旺长初始期,低氮处理植株叶片15N分配率达50%,比其他处理高出13个百分点左右,表明低氮处理更多的氮被叶片所利用,中氮和高氮处理间差异不显著,说明在本试验施氮条件下中氮供应水平已能满足氮素营养需求。3)新梢旺长期和新梢缓长期幼苗13C固定量均以中氮处理最高,新梢旺长初始期3个处理间根系13C分配率中氮高氮低氮,表明中氮处理有利于碳同化物在嘎啦幼苗中的分配。4)不同施氮量处理的嘎啦幼苗,15N利用率随施氮水平提高而降低,高氮处理对碳同化物分配没有显著贡献。【结论】低、中、高氮不同处理新梢缓长期碳同化物在各器官间的分配比较均衡,氮素水平不能影响碳同化物的分配。盆栽试验表明,中氮水平在保证营养供应的同时,能够促进新梢生长和树势健壮。     

Quantitative analysis of the initial transport of fixed nitrogen in nodulated soybean plants using 15N as a tracer

The quantitative analysis of the initial transport of fixed isotope 15-nitrogen (¹⁵N) in intact nodulated soybean plants (Glycine max [L.] Merr. cv. Williams) was investigated at the vegetative stage (36 days after planting, DAP) and pod-filling stage (91 DAP) by the ¹⁵N pulse-chase experiment. The nodulated roots were exposed to N₂ gas labeled with a stable isotope ¹⁵N for 1 h, followed by 0, 1, 3 and 7 h of exposure with normal air. Plant roots and shoots were separated into three sections (basal, middle and distal parts) with the same length of the main stem or primary root. Approximately 80 and 92% of fixed N was distributed in the basal part of the nodulated roots at the vegetative and pod-filling stages by the end of 1 h of ¹⁵N₂ exposure, respectively. In addition, about 90% of fixed ¹⁵N was retained in the nodules and 10% was exported to root and shoot after 1 h of ¹⁵N₂ exposure at 91 DAP. The percentage distribution of ¹⁵N in the nodules at the pod-filling stage decreased from 90% to 7% during the 7 h of the chase period, and increased in the roots (14%), stems (54%), leaves (12%), pods (10%) and seeds (4%). The ¹⁵N distribution was negligible in the distal root segment, suggesting that N fixation activity was negligible and recycling fixed N from the shoot to the roots was very low in the initially short time of the experiment.     

设施栽培油桃对叶面施15N的吸收、分配特性研究

以设施栽培的5年生早红珠油桃/山毛桃为试材,应用15N示踪技术研究油桃叶片对15N-尿素的吸收及运转特性。结果表明,叶片施用15N-尿素标记叶吸收主要发生在叶片涂抹15N-尿素后6.h内,平均吸收速率为0.204mg/(g.h);标记叶中15N吸收量24.h达到最高,新梢和梢顶嫩叶15N含量在施用15N-尿素48.h达到最高,下部叶15N含量很低,没有明显的峰;处理168.h各器官中15N含量为标记叶梢顶嫩叶新梢下部叶;试验结束时分配势Ndff(即各器官N含量来自化肥N所占的百分率)为标记叶中最高,然后依次为梢顶嫩叶、新梢、下部叶。这说明氮素迅速被吸收并运到嫩梢和嫩叶中,从而促进这些新生器官的形态建造,可起到以N增C的作用。不同叶面处理的试验还表明,正面和背面全部涂抹的叶片15N含量最高,只涂抹叶片背面次之,涂抹正面最低。设施栽培油桃叶片可迅速吸收尿素,其吸收量早晨明显优于中午和下午,因此设施油桃栽培管理中于早晨进行叶面施尿素,且正反面兼顾,N素的吸收利用效果最好。     

Uptake and translocation of nitrogen in patumma (Curcuma alismatifolia) by leaves or root

An adequate supply of nitrogen (N) is important for patumma growth and flower quality. This study aimed to compare the uptake and translocation of N by foliar and root application. Fertilization with ¹⁵ nitrate (NO₃)-N via roots or leaves was carried out at four stages, at the 1st to 4th fully expanded leaf (FEL) stages, and the plants were sampled at each successive stage. The uptake and translocation of ¹⁵N from foliar or root applications showed relatively similar patterns at all stages. Although the N fertilizer utilization rate by roots was higher than that via leaves, the foliar application stimulated reproductive growth by earlier flowering. The N supplied at the 1st FEL and the 2nd FEL was utilized mainly in leaves, whereas supplying N at the 3rd and 4th FEL promoted flower quality. Fertilizer application method and stage of application influence the utilization rate and translocation of N to the sink organs.     

土壤微生物对施入肥料氮的固持及其动态研究

采集长期定位试验（１４年）土壤（棕壤）进行盆栽试验,并应用同位素＾１５Ｎ示踪技术研究了土壤中微生物对肥料氮的固持及其动态,结果表明,施肥后５天土壤微生物对施入人肥氮的固持达达到最高,除单施氮肥处理的固持量占施入人肥氮量的５．４％外,其余各处理均天１３．３％－１５．４％间,施肥后土壤微生物量氮的增加主要来自化肥氮,后者占微生物体总氮量的６４．１％－８７．３％,在作物生长期间微生物固持的化肥氮逐渐释入     

土施和枝干涂抹 15N-尿素对氮素在甜樱桃树不同部位分配及利用的影响

大田条件下利用15N示踪技术,研究了土施和枝干涂抹15N-尿素对氮素在甜樱桃树不同部位分配及利用的影响。结果表明: 果实采收期测定两种不同施肥方式各器官的Ndff%存在差异,土壤施肥处理细根的Ndff%最高为2.36%; 枝干涂抹处理短梢的Ndff%最高为4.26%。土壤施肥处理粗根的15N分配率最高为22.23%,其次为短梢叶和果实; 枝干涂抹处理中心干皮部的15N分配率最高为26.14%,其次为中心干木质部和果实。两种不同施肥方式下植株营养器官和贮藏器官的15N分配率差异极显著。果实采收期测定枝干涂抹处理和土壤施肥处理的15N利用率分别为20.64%和14.74%。     

Impact of top-pruning time on the fertilizer N use efficiency of flue-cured tobacco as assessed by 15N tracing technique

To evaluate the impact of top-pruning time on fertilizer N use efficiency (NUE) of flue-cured tobacco, we adopted ¹⁵N tracing technique and conducted a 2-year experiment from 2014 to 2015 in eastern China. The experiment included three top-pruning points of time: 5th, 25th and 45th day after flowering (DAF), abbreviated, respectively, as TP5, TP25 and TP45. The amounts of plant N derived from fertilizer (Ndff) and soil (Ndfs) were observed during 0–55th DAF. Results showed that top-pruning slowed down the increase of Ndff in tobacco organs, particularly in the leaf, but accelerated the increase of Ndfs dramatically. The proportion of Ndff (%) accounted for the total N reduced dramatically after top-pruning. This reduction might attribute to the selectivity of plant to different N sources as influenced by top-pruning while had little relationship with soil N supply, according to the analysis on the soil total mineral N and mineral ¹⁵N. The average NUE for the 2 years was 32%, 41% and 47%, respectively, for TP5, TP25 and TP45, showing significant (p < 0.05) differences. We concluded that the tobacco preferred to uptake soil N rather than fertilizer N after top-pruning; thus, optimizing the top-pruning time might be one of the approaches to improve the in-season NUE of flue-cured tobacco.     

15N标记的包膜尿素在华北平原渗滤系统中的回收和淋失

The effectiveness of polyolefin-coated urea (Meister-5 and Meister-10; CU) in a wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)-maize (Zea mays L.) rotation system was studied in lysimeter plots located in the North China Plain for three consecutive maize- wheat-maize cropping seasons. An isotopic method was used to compare the fate of CU to that of non-coated urea (NCU), and N application rates of 0, 100, 150 and 225 kg N ha-1 were evaluated. The results showed that the nitrogen use effciency (15NUE) of CU was 13.3%–21.4% greater than that of NCU for the first crop. Alternatively, when the difference method was applied (apparent NUE), no significant variations were observed among treatments in all three seasons. Although inorganic N leached from the 1.3 m layer was less than 1% of the total applied N, unidentified losses of 15N (losses of 15N = 15N applied as fertilizer – 15N absorbed by crops – 15N remaining in the 0–0.2 m layer – 15N leached from the 1.3 m layer) in CU-treated plots were 24.2%–26.5% lower than those of NCU-treated plots. The nitrate concentration in the 0–1.3 m layer of CU plots at the end of the experiment was 53% lower than that of NCU-treated plots. Thus, CU increased crop N uptake from fertilizer and reduced unidentified losses of applied N, which can reduce the risk of groundwater pollution.     

Performance of Sorghum Grown on a Salt Affected Soil Manured with Dhaincha Plant Residues Using a 15N Isotopic Dilution Technique

A field experiment was conducted on a salt-affected soil to determine the effect of application of three types of Dhaincha (Sesbania aculeata Pers.) residues (R, roots; L, shoots; L+R, shoots plus roots) on the performance of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) using the indirect ¹⁵N isotopic dilution technique. Results indicated that sesbania residues (L and L+R), used as green manures, significantly increased grain yield, dry matter production, N uptake, and water use efficiency of sorghum. Percentages of nitrogen (N) derived from residues (%Ndfr) in sorghum ranged from 6.4% to 28%. The N recoveries in sorghum were 52%, 19.6% and 19.7% of the total amount contained in sesbania roots, shoots and roots plus shoots, respectively. The beneficial effects of sesbania residues are attributed not only to the additional N availability to the plants, but also to effects on the enhancement of soil N uptake, particularly in the L+R treatment. The findings suggest that the use of Sesbania aculeata residues, as a green manure, can provide a substantial portion of total N in sorghum. In addition, the use of sesbania green manure in salt-affected soils, as a bio-reclaiming material, can be a promising approach for enhancing plant growth on a sustainable basis.     

The difference in N metabolism between NAD(P)H-specific NR-deficient mutant and wild-type barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

Abstract

Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) is an important crop for cereal research. In this study, two barley genotypes the wild-type (Steptoe) and the mutant (Az12) were used. An experiment was conducted using ¹⁵N-tracing method to NADH-specific nitrate reductase (NR)-deficient mutant seedling of barley. The N-depleted seedlings were exposed to a nutrient solution containing nitrate and nitrite, and were labeled with ¹⁵N for 38?h under (14?L/10D) cycles. The two genotypes utilized ¹⁵NO₃^? and accumulated it as reduced ¹⁵N, predominately in the shoots. However, nitrate reduction in the Az12 shoots was 9% lower than that in the Steptoe shoots at 38?h. As a result, in the Az12, nitrate accumulation in shoots was 78% higher than that in the Steptoe. Accumulation of reduced ¹⁵N in the Az12 roots was nearly similar to that of the Steptoe roots, but 8% lower in the Az12 shoots than in the Steptoe shoots at the end of the experiment. Also for both genotypes, root contribution increased during L/D cycles and decreased during the subsequent light cycle. Upward transport of reduced ¹⁵N via the xylem in the Az12 was nearly two times higher than that in Steptoe during the second light period (24–38?h). In both genotypes, xylem transport of reduced ¹⁵N was far exceeded the downward phloem transport. Abbreviations Anl accumulation of reduced ¹⁵N from ¹⁵NO₃^? in non-labeled roots of split roots

Ar accumulation in roots of reduced ¹⁵N from ¹⁵NO₃^?

As accumulation in shoots of reduced ¹⁵N from ¹⁵NO₃^?

Rr ¹⁵NO₃^? reduction in roots

Rs ¹⁵NO₃^? reduction in shoots

Tp translocation to root of shoot reduced ¹⁵N from ¹⁵NO₃^? in phloem

Tx translocation to shoot of root-reduced ¹⁵N from ¹⁵NO₃^? in xylem

FW fresh weight

     

冬枣秋季不同枝条叶施15N-尿素的贮藏、分配及再利用

大田条件下,以6年生冬枣为试材,研究冬枣晚秋不同枝条叶施15N-尿素后,休眠期15N的贮藏、分配及翌年盛花期15N的再分配和利用。结果表明:晚秋叶施15N-尿素,休眠期树体枝干和根系中可检测到15N;翌年盛花期时,处理枝新生器官(枣吊、叶片、花)中可检测到15N。休眠期15N主要贮藏于地上部多年生器官,包括处理枝条和附近多年生器官。与休眠期相比,翌年盛花期时处理枝条的Ndff%显著下降,新生营养枝和多年生枝分别下降了59.13%和69.05%。贮藏15N再分配到新生器官,主要用于叶片和枣吊的生长,分配势随新生器官生理年龄的增加而增大(枣吊>叶片>花)。与新生营养枝处理不同,多年生枝处理的地上部枝干中贮藏15N向新生器官及枝干运输同时向下分配运输用于根系生长。     

Natural abundance of 15N in nitrate,ureides, and amino acids from plant tissues

The natural ¹⁵N abundances (δ¹⁵N values) were measured for nitrate and free and bound amino acids from the leaves of field-grown spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) and komatsuna (Brassica campestris L.), as well as ureides and free and bound amino acids in the leaves and roots of hydroponically grown soybean (Glycine max L.) totally depending on dinitrogen. Nitrate from the spinach and komatsuna leaves and ureides from leaves and roots of soybean showed higher δ¹⁵N values than the total tissue N and N in free or bound amino acid fractions. The δ¹⁵N values of individual free and bound amino acids, determined by GC/C/MS using their acetylpropyl derivatives, were similar in leaf tissues except for proline but varied in soybean root tissues. The order of ¹⁵N enrichment was similar in the four samples: aspartic acid > glutamic acid > threonine, proline, valine > glycine + alanine +serine, γ-amino butyric acid, and phenylalanine.     

Effect of long-term fertilization on 15N uptake and retention in soil

We did a pot experiment with three different fertilized soils (no fertilizer (No-F), inorganic fertilizer nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (NPK), manure plus inorganic fertilizer (MNPK)) from a 19-year fertilizer trial. Three N treatments, (1) no N, (2) 100 mg/kg urea-¹⁵N (N), (3) 50 mg/kg urea-¹⁵N + 50 mg/kg corn straw-N (1/2N + 1/2S), were applied to each soil. The residual soil from the same treatments was used to grow second wheat crop. The MNPK soil had significantly higher nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in the first growing season, and lower N loss than the NPK, and No-F soils. The 1/2N + 1/2S treatment decreased NUE on each soil, even though the MNPK soil still had highest NUE and lowest N loss. The residual ¹⁵N use efficiency (RNUE) in 1/2N + 1/2S treatment of MNPK soil was higher than NPK and No-F soils. We concluded that long-term application of manure plus inorganic fertilizer increased NUE and decreased N loss.     

Distribution and Remobilization of Nitrogen in Young Non-Bearing Orange Trees Grown Under Mediterranean Conditions

To evaluate the distribution and source of nitrogen (N) in non-bearing orange trees (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck cv. ‘Lane Late’ grafted on ‘Carrizo’ citrange), an orchard was established in a Gleyic Podzol (South Portugal). Trees were labelled with ¹⁵N-enriched ammonium nitrate. A set of trees was used for monthly leaf sampling while a second set was destructively harvested in November of each year and separated into different plant organs. Five trees also received unlabelled N after one year of labeling to evaluate the re-distribution of N within the plant. Nitrogen concentration in new leaves tended to decrease following the growth flushes of March, June, and August. The N derived from fertilizer (%Ndff) was small in April suggesting the importance of internal N reserves for new development in spring. Fertilizer use efficiency was 6, 20, and 30% in the 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd years, respectively. More than half of the ¹⁵N absorbed by plants each year was allocated to young organs, but the %Ndff was practically the same for all plant organs in the three years. Of the total N content of trees in November 2001, about 35% derived from fertilizer applied that year, 16% from fertilizer applied the previous year, and the remaining 49% came from other N sources.     

Effect of successive cuttings on uptake and partitioning of 15N among plant parts of Leucaena leucocephala

Summary We studied the effect of three successive cuttings on N uptake and fixation and N distribution in Leucaena leucocephala. Two isolines, uninoculated or inoculated with three different Rhizobium strains, were grown for 36 weeks and cut every 12 weeks. The soil was labelled with 50 ppm KNO₃ enriched with 10 atom % ¹⁵N excess soon after the first cutting. Except for the atom % ¹⁵N excess in branches of K28 at the second cutting, both the L. leucocephala isolines showed similar patterns of total N, fixed N₂, and N from fertilizer distribution in different parts of the plant at each cutting. The Rhizobium strain did not influence the partitioning of ¹⁵N among the different plant parts. Significant differences in ¹⁵N enrichment occurred in different parts. Live nodules of both isolines showed the lowest atom % ¹⁵N excess values (0.087), followed by leaves (0.492), branches (0.552), stems (0.591), and roots (0.857). The roots contained about 60% of the total plant N and about 70% of the total N derived from fertilizer over the successive cuttings. The total N₂ fixed in the roots was about 60% of that fixed in the whole plant, while the shoots contained only 20% of the fixed N₂. We conclude that N reserves in roots and nodules constitute another N source that must be taken into account when estimating fixed N₂ or the N balance after pruning or cutting plants. ¹⁵N enrichment declined up to about fivefold in the reference and the N₂-fixing plants over 24 weeks following the ¹⁵N application. The proportion and the amounts of N derived from fertilizer decreased, while the amount derived from N₂ fixation increased with time although its proportion remained constant.     

根际注射施肥对黄土高原苹果氮素吸收利用及产量和品质的影响

【目的】在西北黄土高原地区,春季干旱少雨和肥料利用率低限制着生产优质苹果。国外通常应用水肥一体化技术来克服水肥利用率低的问题,但由于其硬件设施要求高,投资大,短期内在我国难以推广。近年来我国采用的根际注射施肥可利用施肥枪将肥料溶液直接注入根际土壤中,施肥成本低且技术简单。本研究利用同位素15N示踪技术,研究根际注射施肥对苹果氮素吸收利用及产量品质的影响,可为黄土高原果园水肥高效利用提供依据。【方法】以9年生富士/M26/新疆野苹果为试验材料,利用15N尿素标记肥料去向,最后通过MAT-251质谱计测15N丰度,得出果树各器官和土壤的肥料利用率。同时利用叶绿素仪(SPAD-502)测定标记叶片的SPAD值,用浸以磷酸甘油溶液的海绵进行田间原位测定,得到土壤氨挥发的量,用静态箱—气相色谱法测定土壤的N2O逸失量。综合对比分析黄土高原传统环状开沟撒施肥与根际注射施肥对苹果吸收利用氮素、肥料氮在土壤中残留及果实产量和品质的影响。【结果】黄土高原苹果园根际注射施肥的优越性体现在:1)施肥后一个月内,果园土壤的气态氮素损失发生变化,根际注射施肥比传统环状开沟施肥的氨挥发总量低54.9%,同时N2O的排放通量低5.0%。2)根际注射施肥后,促进了肥料在土壤中的扩散范围,扩大了根系肥水吸收容积,叶片和果实吸收的肥料氮比例(Ndff%)在整个生长季始终处于较高水平。生长季末期,根际注射施肥的整株氮素当季吸收率为53.04%,比环状开沟施肥提高12.25个百分点,表明根际注射施肥有利于氮素更快地被吸收利用,显著提高苹果树的氮素当季利用率。3)生长季末,在0—60 cm土层内,根际注射施肥的土壤氮素残留率为36.55%,而环状开沟施肥为43.13%,前者显著低于后者。4)在整个生长季内,根际注射施肥处理下的树体新梢叶片内叶绿素含量(SPAD)值一直高于环状开沟施肥。根际注射施肥能提高苹果单株产量和单果重,其单果重和单株产量分别比环状开沟施肥处理提高了3.8%和19.7%。【结论】黄土高原地区推广的果树根际注射施肥技术可以有效提高苹果树体氮素的利用率,降低了土壤中的氮素残留。此外注射施肥的深度、注射量、密度和时间均可根据不同时期的养分需要随时调整,使水肥在土壤中均匀分布,达到节水节肥的目的。同时可避免传统施肥时挖坑作业对浅土层吸收根的损伤,降低劳动力成本。综合来看,根际注射施肥是提高黄土高原区旱地苹果树肥水利用率、产量和品质的有效方式之一。     

Nitrogen capture by grapevine roots and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from legume cover-crop residues under low rates of mineral fertilization

The influence of mineral fertilization on root uptake and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-mediated ¹⁵N capture from labeled legume (Medicago polymorpha) residue was examined in winegrapes (Vitis vinifera) in the greenhouse, to evaluate compatibility of fertilization with incorporation of cover-crop residue in winegrape production. Plants grown in marginal vineyard soil were either fertilized with 0.25× Hoagland’s solution or not. This low fertilization rate represents the deficit management approach typical of winegrape production. Access to residue in a separate compartment was controlled to allow mycorrhizal roots (roots + hyphae), hyphae (hyphae-intact), or neither (hyphae-rotated) to proliferate in the residue by means of mesh core treatments. Leaves were weekly analyzed for ¹⁵N. On day 42, plants were analyzed for ¹⁵N and biomass; roots were examined for intraradical colonization; and soils were analyzed for ¹⁵N, inorganic N, Olsen-P, X-K, and extraradical colonization. As expected, extraradical colonization of soil outside the cores was unaffected by mesh core treatment, while that inside the cores varied significantly. ¹⁵N atom% excess was highest in leaves of roots + hyphae. In comparison, leaf ¹⁵N atom% excess in hyphae-intact was consistently intermediate between roots + hyphae and hyphae-rotated, the latter of which remained unchanged over time. Fertilization stimulated host and fungal growth, based on higher biomass and intraradical colonization of fertilized plants. Fertilization did not affect hyphal or root proliferation in residue but did lower %N derived from residue in leaves and stems by 50%. Our results suggest that even low fertilization rates decrease grapevine N uptake from legume crop residue by both extraradical hyphae and roots.     

Uptake,transport and assimilation of 15N-nitrate and 15N-ammonium in tea (Camellia sinensis L.) plants

¹⁵N studies were conducted using hydroponically grown tea (Camellia sinensis L.) plants to clarify the characteristics of uptake, transport and assimilation of nitrate and ammonium. From the culture solution containing 50 mg L^-1 N0₃-N and 50 mg L^-1 NH.-N, the uptake of NH₃-N after 24 h was twice as high as that of NO₃-N, while the uptake of N0₃-N from the culture solution containing 90 mg N0₃-N and 10 mg NH₃-N was twice that of NH₄-N. The presence of 0.4 mM Al had no significant effect on the N0₃-N and NH₄-N uptake from the culture solutions containing 50 mg L^-1 N0₃-N and 50 mg L^-1 NH₄-N, 90 mg L^-1 N0₃-N and 10 mg L^-1 NH₄-N or 99 mg L^-1 N0₃-N and 1 mg L^-1 NH₄-N. Transport of N0₃-derived N to young leaves was much more rapid than that of NH₄-derived NO₃ and NH₄-derived N was largely retained in the roots and lower stem. Young and mature shoots separated from the roots absorbed more N0₃-N than intact plants. Nitrate assimilation occurred in both, roots and young as well as mature leaves. Internal cycling of N0₃-derived Nand NH₄-derived N from one root part to another part was not appreciable after 28 h, suggesting that a longer of time is required for cycling in woody plants.     

Uptake of carbon and nitrogen through roots of rice and corn plants,grown in soils treated with 13C and 15N dual-labeled cattle manure compost

Nitrogen and carbon dynamics in paddy and upland soils for rice cultivation and in upland soil for corn cultivation was investigated by using ¹³C and ¹⁵N dual-labeled cattle manure compost (CMC). In a soil with low fertility, paddy and upland rice took up carbon and nitrogen from the CMC at rates ranging from 0.685 to 1.051% of C and 17.6–34.6% of N applied. The ¹³C concentration was much higher in the roots than in the plant top, whereas the ¹⁵N concentration differed slightly between them, indicating that organic carbon taken up preferentially accumulated in roots. The ¹³C recovery in the plant top tended to be higher in upland soil than in paddy soil, whereas ¹⁵N applied was recovered at the same level in both paddy and upland soils. In the experiment with organic farming soil, paddy rice took up C and N from the CMC along with plant growth and the final recovery rates of ¹³C and ¹⁵N were 2.16 and 17.2% of C and N applied. In the corn experiment, a very large amount of carbon from the CMC was absorbed, accounting for at least 7 times value for rice. The final uptake rates of ¹³C and ¹⁵N reached about 13 and 10% of C and N applied, respectively. Carbon emission from the CMC sharply increased by 2 weeks after transplanting and the nitrogen emission was very low. It is concluded that rice and corn can take up an appreciable level of carbon and nitrogen from the CMC through roots.