Phosphorus nutrition of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). 2. Part I, Aust. J. Agric. Res., 1997, 48, 855-67.. Distribution of phosphorus in glasshouse-grown wheat and the diagnosis of phosphorus deficiency by plant an

1997 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 869 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. E. Elliott ◽  
D. J. Reuter ◽  
G. D. Reddy ◽  
R. J. Abbott

In 2 glasshouse experiments, the effects of variations in phosphorus (P) level on concentration and distribution of total and labile P within wheat plants were examined to compare the sensitivity of various plant tests for assessing the P status of wheat. Total P was distributed unevenly within the plant: shoots had higher total P concentrations than roots, and concentrations in grain were markedly higher than in glumes or straw. Within wheat shoots, the concentration of total and labile P varied with stage of plant growth and the type and physiological age of the plant part analysed. In general, leaf blades had higher concentrations than their subtending sheaths. During the vegetative phase, the highest P concentrations were measured in immature tissues and the concentrations decreased progressively in older plant parts, except at luxury supply where total P was invariably higher in old leaf blades. Critical total P concentrations (CTPC) estimated for whole shoots decreased with advancing plant age beyond Zadoks Scale 13·5. Circumstantial evidence suggests that this may be caused by stems of lower P concentration progressively constituting a larger proportion of shoot biomass with increasing age. Critical concentrations defined for leaf blades of known physiological age also decreased with plant age beyond Zadoks Scale 13·5 for both labile and total P. These decreases may result from either an increase in the size of the sampled individual leaf blades as plants age or shifts in distribution of P within the shoot from the main culm to developing tillers (or reproductive structures). Total P is the preferred and easier method of analysis, and in most cases, diagnostic and predictive CTPC were similar in defined individual leaf blades. The estimated critical value for the labile P: total P ratio of about 30% appeared to be independent of leaf age or stage of plant ontogeny. These data suggest that the existence of P deficiency in wheat can be confirmed by analysing whole shoots or recently matured leaf blades for total P. In the period up until early tillering, the P test criteria are constant but thereafter must be related to stage of growth.

1997 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 899 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Reuter ◽  
D. E. Elliott ◽  
G. D. Reddy ◽  
R. J. Abbott

Five single-year field experiments conducted on phosphorus (P) deficient soils were used to calibrate plant P test criteria for rain-fed, spring wheat. At each site, P concentrations in whole shoots and young and mature leaf blades reached asymptotic values in the adequate-luxury P zone, within 6 weeks of sowing. The asymptotic P concentration varied between sites and declined as plants aged. The applied P level required to reach the asymptote increased with advancing plant age. Two consistent trends in relationships between relative shoot yield and P concentrations in whole shoots and leaf blades were observed. Firstly, as plants aged, the slope of the relationship in the zone of deficiency progressively increased and at later stages of growth became nearly vertical so that severely deficient plants had P concentrations only slightly lower than plants of adequate P status. Secondly, there was only a narrow range of P concentrations in the zone of adequate to luxury P status for whole shoots and young leaf blades. Plant P test criteria derived from field- and glasshouse-grown wheat coincided when related to stage of ontogeny as defined by the level of leaf insertion on the main culm. Using this as a basis of stage of plant growth, plant P criteria in shoots and young leaf blades were constant up until early tillering, declined rapidly until late tillering, and thereafter decreased more slowly. Critical concentration ranges for total P are proposed for YEB and for whole shoots. Critical values for grain P were estimated to lie between 0·19% and 0·23% P for 90% maximum grain yield and between 0·21% and 0·24% for near maximum grain yield. Soluble P and labile P fractions were highly correlated and produced similar relationships with relative shoot yield. The diagnostic relationships for both fractions had steep slopes in the zone of deficiency and criteria for standard leaf blades derived for either fraction sometimes declined as plants aged. The labile P: total P ratios for YEB and YEB+1 were also of diagnostic value; where this ratio was <30% during tillering, P deficiency was assured.


1997 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 883 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. E. Elliott ◽  
D. J. Reuter ◽  
G. D. Reddy ◽  
R. J. Abbott

The influence of plant nitrogen (N) status and plant genotype on plant test criteria for diagnosing phosphorus (P) deficiency in wheat was examined in 2 glasshouse experiments. Criteria for both total and labile P in leaf blades of standard physiological age are, to only a minor extent, affected by variations in N supply and by genotypic diversity Interactions between N and P supply had marked and complex effects on shoot and root yield, P and N uptake in shoots and concentrations in leaf blades, and on the distribution of P and P fractions within wheat shoots. Thus, whilst the external P requirement (i.e. P level required for 90% maximum shoot yield) more than doubled as N supply was raised, variations in N supply had only minor effects on internalP requirement (i.e. the tissue P concentration required for 90% maximum shoot yield). On the other hand, the external P requirement for root yield varied markedly with plant age and N supply. N deficiency increased total P concentrations in leaf blades at all P levels, primarily by increasing the concentration of the labile P fraction. Also, N concentrations increased to adequate levels in the shoots of P-deficient plants but only at the 2 lower levels of applied N. Plant N status also affected the shape of diagnostic relationships between relative shoot yield and P concentrations in young and mature leaf blades by constricting P concentration in the adequate-luxury zone and increasing the slope of the relationship in the zone of deficiency. Whilst the asymptotic grain yield and external requirement for P for the tall cultivar (Halberd) was substantially less than for the semi-dwarf cultivars (Condor and Durati), consistent P cultivar interactions on shoot yield and P uptake during vegetative growth, were largely absent. For leaf blade classes examined, the shape of the diagnostic relationship for total and labile P was essentially similar for each cultivar. As a result, differences in estimated critical P concentrations for total and labile P between the cultivars for leaf blades during vegetative growth, or criteria for grain, glumes, and straw at maturity, were relatively small.


2021 ◽  
pp. 104063872110258
Author(s):  
Carlos O. Schild ◽  
Fabiana M. Boabaid ◽  
Luiz G.S. Olivera ◽  
Mizael Machado ◽  
Ana Vildoza ◽  
...  

We investigated 2 outbreaks of osteomalacia as a result of phosphorus (P) deficiency in herds of lactating beef cows grazing subtropical native pastures in Uruguay. Cows exhibited pica, difficulty to stand and walk, rib fractures, and body weight loss even with adequate forage availability. Osteopenia and severe osteomalacia were observed on gross and histologic examination. The concentrations of bicarbonate-extractable P in soil (4.0, 4.1 mg P/kg), total P in pasture (0.9, 1.1 g P/kg), inorganic P in serum (1.0, 0.71 mmol P/L), and P in bone (73 mg P/mL) were all low. Although injectable and mineral salt supplements provided additional P in both outbreaks, these supplementary amounts were insufficient to prevent P deficiency. The P ingested by the cows from the pasture and supplements would have provided 20–55% of their daily P requirements of ~21 g P/d. Osteomalacia occurred in cattle at the 2 ranches as a result of severe P deficiency in the soil and forage, and inadequate P supplementation. Following diagnosis, control of P deficiency in beef cattle requires estimation of the amount of pasture P ingested and provision of sufficient additional supplementary P to meet the animals’ requirements.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Nashir Uddin ◽  
Hilton Smita ◽  
Zakir Hossain ◽  
Yoshimichi Fukuta ◽  
S. M. Mostafa Kamal Khan

Phosphorus is vital nutrient for the plant growth, and inevitable to maintain the yield of rice. Current practices of chemical phosphorus fertilization is not sustainable because of its limited sources and non-renewable nature together with higher expenses. Breeding low phosphorus tolerant or resistant with higher uptake and assimilation efficient rice variety is the best alternative for sustainable production. This study aimed to evaluate the selected Bangladeshi rice germplasms and improved lines under phosphorus deficient soil to know their level of deficiency tolerance or resistance. A total of 28 rice genotypes from various ecotypes such as Aus, Aman, Boro and Jhum were collected and grown in pot contained highly phosphorus deficient soil in the rooftop polythene shed house during October 2019 to March 2020. A phosphorus deficiency susceptible variety, IR 64, was used as control, and experiment was conducted following randomized complete block design with two replications. Biomass related traits such as dry weight (DW) and relative dry weight (RDW, %) were analyzed at early vegetative stage. Visual score based on the responses to artificial drought occurred appeared due to absence of water for 5 consecutive days because of government imposed Covid-19 lockdown were also evaluated in a scale of 0 to 4. Plants showed wide variation in the measured traits in both in the phosphorus added normal or phosphorus deficient conditions. Two patterns of responses were observed. One patterns was similar to susceptible control IR 64 and another is highly sensitive to P- deficiency. Cluster analysis resulted four groups (I to IV). Group I consist of 4 rice cultivar including Pathar kuchi, lal dhan, INL-9 and 30, and showed lower DW under both phosphorus added &amp; deficient conditions together with higher susceptibility to artificial drought. IR 64 belongs to the Group- II together with Murali, Kuti Agrani, Kernaicha and other 5 INLs. They have higher DW in phosphorus added condition but very low RDW in phosphorus deficient condition and also susceptible to artificial drought. Group III cultivars have medium DW under phosphorus added and low RDW under phosphorus deficient condition and Kali jira and Aus (Awned) are belong to this group. Two jhum variety, Renkhoa Dhan and Galongpru and 7 INLs are belong to the group IV which has moderate to high RDW under both phosphorus added and phosphorus deficient conditions. Rice cultivars of this group showed higher levels of tolerance to artificial drought and are promising for further breeding program to develop phosphorus deficiency tolerant variety.


Biology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 158
Author(s):  
Jiang Tian ◽  
Fei Ge ◽  
Dayi Zhang ◽  
Songqiang Deng ◽  
Xingwang Liu

Phosphorus (P) is a vital element in biological molecules, and one of the main limiting elements for biomass production as plant-available P represents only a small fraction of total soil P. Increasing global food demand and modern agricultural consumption of P fertilizers could lead to excessive inputs of inorganic P in intensively managed croplands, consequently rising P losses and ongoing eutrophication of surface waters. Despite phosphate solubilizing microorganisms (PSMs) are widely accepted as eco-friendly P fertilizers for increasing agricultural productivity, a comprehensive and deeper understanding of the role of PSMs in P geochemical processes for managing P deficiency has received inadequate attention. In this review, we summarize the basic P forms and their geochemical and biological cycles in soil systems, how PSMs mediate soil P biogeochemical cycles, and the metabolic and enzymatic mechanisms behind these processes. We also highlight the important roles of PSMs in the biogeochemical P cycle and provide perspectives on several environmental issues to prioritize in future PSM applications.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 5162
Author(s):  
Leangsrun Chea ◽  
Birgit Pfeiffer ◽  
Dominik Schneider ◽  
Rolf Daniel ◽  
Elke Pawelzik ◽  
...  

Low phosphorus (P) availability is a major limiting factor for potatoes. P fertilizer is applied to enhance P availability; however, it may become toxic when plants accumulate at high concentrations. Therefore, it is necessary to gain more knowledge of the morphological and biochemical processes associated with P deficiency and toxicity for potatoes, as well as to explore an alternative approach to ameliorate the P deficiency condition. A comprehensive study was conducted (I) to assess plant morphology, mineral allocation, and metabolites of potatoes in response to P deficiency and toxicity; and (II) to evaluate the potency of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) in improving plant biomass, P uptake, and metabolites at low P levels. The results revealed a reduction in plant height and biomass 60–80% under P deficiency compared to P optimum. P deficiency and toxicity conditions also altered the mineral concentration and allocation in plants due to nutrient imbalance. The stress induced by both P deficiency and toxicity was evident from an accumulation of proline and total free amino acids in young leaves and roots. Furthermore, root metabolite profiling revealed that P deficiency reduced sugars by 50–80% and organic acids by 20–90%, but increased amino acids by 1.5–14.8 times. However, the effect of P toxicity on metabolic changes in roots was less pronounced. Under P deficiency, PGPR significantly improved the root and shoot biomass, total root length, and root surface area by 32–45%. This finding suggests the potency of PGPR inoculation to increase potato plant tolerance under P deficiency.


1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 949-953 ◽  
Author(s):  
James S. Coleman ◽  
Clive G. Jones ◽  
William H. Smith

The interaction of an acute ozone dose, plant genotype, and leaf ontogeny on the development of cottonwood leaf rust on eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides Bartr.) was investigated. A rust-resistant (ST 66) and a rust-susceptible (ST 109) clone were exposed to charcoal-filtered air or were fumigated with 393 μg m−3 (0.20 ppm) ozone for 5 h. Forty hours after fumigation, leaf material of different developmental ages was inoculated with urediospores of Melampsora medusae Thum., and uredia production was measured after 10 days. Ozone fumigation of cottonwoods significantly reduced uredia production by M. medusae on both clones and all leaf ages without causing visible leaf injury or measurable changes in cottonwood height growth, leaf production, leaf length, or root/shoot biomass. Uredia production was strongly affected by ozone treatment, cottonwood genotype, and leaf age, but interactions among these three factors did not occur.


Agronomy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thabiti Soudjay Kamal ◽  
Yunfeng Huang ◽  
Chulong Huang ◽  
Su Xu ◽  
Gao Bing ◽  
...  

We present a quantitative analysis of phosphorus (P) flows that characterize the food production-consumption system metabolism in a low-income, food, and phosphorus deficient country, using Comoros, a small African island state, as an example from the year 2000 to 2011. The data were interpreted in terms of the connections between crop production, livestock breeding, human consumption, and soil stock, using the substance flow analysis (SFA) model. We found that the total P input into Comoros totaled 132.37 t in 2000 and 270.60 t in 2011, whereas the total P output totaled 567.40 t in 2000 and 702.29 t in 2011. Farmers in Comoros are cropping with little or no P input, resulting in a soil P deficiency; it varied from 435.03 t in 2000 to 431.69 t in 2011. In addition, the Phosphorus Use Efficiencies (PUEs) of plant and animal production in Comoros were 131.80% and 14%, respectively, in 2011. This is the first SFA of a small island state, and the lack of a closed P loop is a major issue for the country in terms of P security and this has not changed between 2000 and 2011. This study proposes crucial solutions for improving the PUE through recycling and reusing animal manure, human excreta, and household solid organic waste.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörg Niederberger ◽  
Martin Kohler ◽  
Jürgen Bauhus

Abstract. Repeated, grid-based forest soil inventories such as the nationwide German forest soil survey (GFSI) aim, among other things, at detecting changes in soil properties and plant nutrition. In these types of inventories, the only information on soil phosphorus (P) is commonly the total P content. However, total P content in mineral soils of forests is usually not a meaningful variable to predict the availability of P to trees. Here we tested a modified sequential P extraction ac-cording to Hedley to determine the distribution of different plant available P fractions in soil samples (0–5 and 10–30 cm depth) from 146 GFSI sites, capturing a wide variety of soil conditions. In addition, we analyzed relationships between these P fractions and common soil proper-ties such as pH, texture, and organic Carbon content (SOC). Total P content among our samples ranged from approximately 60 up to 2800 mg kg−1. The labile, moderately labile, and stable P fractions contributed to 27 %, 51 % and 22 % of total P content, respectively, at 0–5 cm depth. At 10–30 cm depth, the labile P fractions decreased to 15 %, whereas the stable P fractions in-creased to 30 %. These changes with depth were accompanied by a decrease in the organic P fractions. High P contents were related with high pH-values. Whereas the labile P pool increased with decreasing pH in absolute and relative terms, the stable P pool decreased in absolute and relative terms. Increasing SOC in soils led to significant increases in all P pools and in total P. In sandy soils, the P content across all fractions was lower than in other soil texture types. Multiple linear regressions indicated that P pools and P fractions were moderately well related to soil properties (r2 mostly above 0.5), and sand content of soils had the strongest influence. Foliage P concentrations in Pinus sylvestris were reasonably well explained by the labile and moderately labile P pool (r


1994 ◽  
Vol 51 (12) ◽  
pp. 2769-2783 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Guildford ◽  
L. L. Hendzel ◽  
H. J. Kling ◽  
E. J. Fee ◽  
G. G. C. Robinson ◽  
...  

Phytoplankton nutrient status measurements (C/P, C/N, C/chlorophyll, N/P, alkaline phosphatase activity, and N debt) were measured for 6 yr in seven remote Canadian Shield lakes. Lakes Nipigon and Superior were also studied for 2 yr. These lakes varied in surface area from 29 to 8.223 × 10 ha, they all stratified fully during the summer and had water renewal times > 5 yr. All lakes were severely P deficient; however, the large lakes (> 2000 ha) were consistently less P deficient than small lakes. A growth-rate indicator (photosynthesis normalized to particulate C) agreed with nutrient status indicators, in that small lakes had lower rates than large lakes. Total P was a good predictor of chlorophyll, but factors related to lake size (temperature and mixed depth) were equally good or better predictors of nutrient status. Decreasing mean water column light intensity could not explain the lower P deficiency of large lakes. The deeper, more energetic mixed layers in large lakes apparently cause P to be recycled more efficiently. Extrapolation of observations or experimental results from small to large lakes requires recognition that phytoplankton in large lakes are less nutrient deficient and may have higher growth rates.


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