Aluminum and Phosphorus Interactions in Mycorrhizal and Nonmycorrhizal Highbush Blueberry Plantlets

Aluminum (Al) and phosphorus (P) interactions were investigated in mycorrhizal (M) and nonmycorrhizal (NM) highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) plantlets in a factorial experiment. The toxic effects of Al on highbush blueberry were characterized by decreased shoot, root, and total plant dry mass. Many of the negative effects of Al on plant root, shoot, and total dry matter production were reversed by foliar P and N application, indicating P or N uptake were limited by high Al concentration. However, Al-mediated growth reduction in P-stressed plants indicated that the restriction of P uptake by high Al may not have been the only mechanism for Al toxicity in this experiment. Root Al and P concentration were negatively correlated in NM but not M plantlets, suggesting mycorrhizal infection may alter P uptake processes. Al uptake was also affected by mycorrhizal infection, with more Al accumulating in M plantlet roots and leaves. Correlations among foliar ion concentrations were also affected by mycorrhizal fungal infection.

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Effects of Temperature and CO2Concentration on the Growth of Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), Spurred Anoda (Anoda cristata), and Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti)

Weed Science ◽

10.1017/s0043174500075779 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 36 (6) ◽

pp. 751-757 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

David T. Patterson ◽

Maxine T. Highsmith ◽

Elizabeth P. Flint

Keyword(s):

Dry Matter ◽

Dry Weight ◽

Net Assimilation Rate ◽

Assimilation Rate ◽

Short Term ◽

Leaf Weight ◽

Matter Production ◽

Total Plant ◽

Net Assimilation ◽

Total Dry Weight

Cotton, spurred anoda, and velvetleaf were grown in controlled-environment chambers at day/night temperatures of 32/23 or 26/17 C and CO2concentrations of 350 or 700 ppm. After 5 weeks, CO2enrichment to 700 ppm increased dry matter accumulation by 38, 26, and 29% in cotton, spurred anoda, and velvetleaf, respectively, at 26/17 C and by 61, 41, and 29% at 32/23 C. Increases in leaf weight accounted for over 80% of the increase in total plant weight in cotton and spurred anoda in both temperature regimes. Leaf area was not increased by CO2enrichment. The observed increases in dry matter production with CO2enrichment were caused by increased net assimilation rate. In a second experiment, plants were grown at 350 ppm CO2and 29/23 C day/night for 17 days before exposure to 700 ppm CO2at 26/17 C for 1 week. Short-term exposure to high CO2significantly increased net assimilation rate, dry matter production, total dry weight, leaf dry weight, and specific leaf weight in comparison with plants maintained at 350 ppm CO2at 26/17 C. Increases in leaf weight in response to short-term CO2enrichment accounted for 100, 87, and 68% of the observed increase in total plant dry weight of cotton, spurred anoda, and velvetleaf, respectively. Comparisons among the species showed that CO2enrichment decreased the weed/crop ratio for total dry weight, possibly indicating a potential competitive advantage for cotton under elevated CO2, even at suboptimum temperatures.

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Suitability of Sphagnum Moss, Coir, and Douglas Fir Bark as Soilless Substrates for Container Production of Highbush Blueberry

HortScience ◽

10.21273/hortsci12374-17 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 52 (12) ◽

pp. 1692-1699 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Patrick H. Kingston ◽

Carolyn F. Scagel ◽

David R. Bryla ◽

Bernadine Strik

Keyword(s):

Cocos Nucifera ◽

Dry Weight ◽

Douglas Fir ◽

Sphagnum Moss ◽

Highbush Blueberry ◽

Uptake Efficiency ◽

Lower Porosity ◽

The Media ◽

Total Plant ◽

Container Production

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the suitability of different soilless substrates for container production of highbush blueberry (Vaccinium sp.). Young plants of ‘Snowchaser’ blueberry were grown in 4.4-L pots filled with media containing 10% perlite and varying proportions of sphagnum moss, coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) coir, and douglas fir [Pseudotsuga menziesii Mirb. (Franco)] bark, as well as a commercially available mix of peatmoss, perlite, and other ingredients for comparison. Total plant dry weight (DW) was similar among the treatments at 72 days after transplanting, but at 128 days, total DW was nearly twice as much in the commercial mix and in media with ≥60% peat or coir than in media with ≥60% bark. Inadequate irrigation likely played a role in poor plant growth in bark. Bark had lower porosity and water holding capacity than peat, coir, or the commercial mix and, therefore, dried quickly between irrigations. Bark also reduced plant uptake efficiency of a number of nutrients, including N, P, K, S, Ca, Mg, Mn, B, Cu, and Zn. Uptake efficiency of P, K, and Mg also differed between plants grown in peat and coir, which in most cases was a function of the initial concentration of nutrients in the media. Before planting, peat had the highest concentration of Mg and Fe among the media, whereas coir had the highest concentration of P and K. Leachate pH was initially lowest with peat and highest with coir but was similar among each of the media treatments by the end of the study. Electrical conductivity (EC) of leachate never exceeded 0.84 dS·m−1 in any treatment. Overall, peat and coir appear to be good substrates for container production of highbush blueberry. Bark, on the other hand, was less suitable, particularly when it exceeded 30% of the total media composition.

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Evaluation of Maize Inbreds for Vegetative Nitrate Uptake and Assimilation

Functional Plant Biology ◽

10.1071/pp9890161 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 161 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

RT Weiland

Keyword(s):

Nitrate Uptake ◽

N Uptake ◽

Dry Weight ◽

Root Surface ◽

Root Surface Area ◽

Controlled Environment ◽

Uptake Rates ◽

Total Plant ◽

Maize Inbreds ◽

Hydroponic Conditions

Twelve maize (Zea mays L.) inbred lines were cultured under hydroponic conditions in a controlled environment room for evaluation of NO3--N uptake, subsequent translocation patterns and utilisation. Prior to harvest (8-10-leaf stage), inbred roots were exposed to 24 h of 10 atom % 15NO3--N. Differences for N contents and biomass were determined. Root dry weight (RDW) was significantly correlated (r = 0.93) with root surface area. Significant inbred differences were found when N content in the plant was based on RDW. When based on 15N during the 24 h, the amount of N absorbed varied between 30 and 71 mg per plant for the inbreds. Uptake rates ranged between 8.7 and 14.4 mg g-1 day-1 RDW. Nitrogen uptake over the 24 h based on RDW and total plant-N contents based on RDW were significantly (P< 0.001) correlated, implying that uptake rates were constant up to mid-vegetative stages for these genotypes. Of the 15N absorbed, between 30 and 61% was reduced by the inbreds and the amount reduced varied with plant tissue. The total amount reduced ranged between 0.72 and 1.25 mg g-1 dry weight.

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Nitrogen Uptake Efficiency and Leaching Losses from Lysimeter-grown Citrus Trees Fertilized at Three Nitrogen Rates

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science ◽

10.21273/jashs.121.1.57 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 121 (1) ◽

pp. 57-62 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

J.P. Syvertsen ◽

M.L. Smith

Keyword(s):

N Uptake ◽

Dry Weight ◽

Fruit Yield ◽

Fibrous Root ◽

N Application ◽

Nitrogen Uptake Efficiency ◽

Uptake Efficiency ◽

N Concentration ◽

Application Rates ◽

Leaf N

Four-year-old `Redblush' grapefruit (Citrus paradisi Macf.) trees on either the relatively fast-growing rootstock `Volkamer' lemon (VL) (C. volkameriana Ten. & Pasq.) or on the slower-growing rootstock sour orange (SO) (C. aurantium L.) were transplanted into 7.9-m3 drainage lysimeter tanks filled with native Candler sand, irrigated similarly, and fertilized at three N rates during 2.5 years. After 6 months, effects of N application rate and rootstock on tree growth, evapotranspiration, fruit yield, N uptake, and leaching were measured during the following 2 years. When trees were 5 years old, low, medium, and high N application rates averaged about 79,180, or 543 g N/tree per year and about 126,455, or 868 g N/tree during the following year. Recommended rates average about 558 g N/tree per year. A lysimeter tank with no tree and additional trees growing outside lysimeters received the medium N treatment. Nitrogen concentration in the drainage water increased with N rate and exceeded 10 mg·liter-1 for trees receiving the high rates and also for the no tree tank. Leachate N concentration and total N recovered was greater from trees on SO than from those on VL. Average N uptake efficiency of medium N rate trees on VL was 6870 of the applied N and 61 % for trees on SO. Nitrogen uptake efficiency decreased with increased N application rates. Trees outside lysimeters had lower leaf N and fruit yield than lysimeter trees. Overall, canopy volume and leaf N concentration increased with N rate, but there was no effect of N rate on fibrous root dry weight. Fruit yield of trees on SO was not affected by N rate but higher N resulted in greater yield for trees on VL. Rootstock had no effect on leaf N concentration, but trees on VI. developed larger canopies, had greater fibrous root dry weight, used more water, and yielded more fruit than trees on SO. Based on growth, fruit yield and N leaching losses, currently recommended N rates were appropriate for trees on the more vigorous VL rootstock but were 22% to 69 % too high for trees on SO.

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Nitrogen Uptake and Use Efficiency in Sweet Basil Production under Low Tunnels

HortScience ◽

10.21273/hortsci14515-19 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 55 (4) ◽

pp. 429-435 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Tej P. Acharya ◽

Mark S. Reiter ◽

Greg Welbaum ◽

Ramón A. Arancibia

Keyword(s):

Open Field ◽

N Uptake ◽

Dry Weight ◽

N Fertilizer ◽

Plant N Uptake ◽

Available N ◽

Sweet Basil ◽

Total Plant ◽

Use Efficiency ◽

Low Tunnels

Low tunnels (LTs) enhance vegetative growth and production in comparison with open field, but it is not known whether nitrogen (N) requirements and use efficiency increase or decrease for optimal crop performance. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine differences in N requirement, uptake, and use efficiency in basil grown under LTs compared with open field. The experimental design each year was a split plot with four replications. The main effect (plots) was N fertilizer application rate (0, 37, 74, 111, 148, and 185 kg·ha−1) and the secondary effect (subplots) was production system (LTs covered with spun-bonded rowcover vs. open field). Plant height and stem diameter were greater under LT than open field; however, they were unaffected by N fertilizer rate. Total fresh and dry weight increased with LT by 61% and 58% and by 50% and 48% in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Optimum N rates for fresh weight (98% of peak yield) were 124 and 104 kg·ha−1 N under LT and open field, respectively. Leaf N concentration decreased under LT, but total plant N uptake increased because of increased dry weight. Without fertilization, soil available N use efficiency (SNUE) for dry weight increased by 45% and 66% in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Mixed results were obtained for N fertilizer use efficiency (NFUE) in response to N rate. In conclusion, LT increased summer production of sweet basil, total plant N uptake, and SNUE.

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Isotopic and Nonisotopic Estimation of Nitrogen Uptake Efficiency in Container-grown Woody Ornamentals

HortScience ◽

10.21273/hortsci.40.3.665 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 40 (3) ◽

pp. 665-669 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

David R. Sandrock ◽

Timothy L. Righetti ◽

Anita N. Azarenko

Keyword(s):

N Uptake ◽

Regression Line ◽

Dry Weight ◽

Fertilizer N ◽

Tracer Method ◽

Total N ◽

Uptake Efficiency ◽

N Uptake Efficiency ◽

Total Plant ◽

Fertilizer N Uptake

Cornus sericea L., Weigela florida (Bunge) A. DC., and Euonymus alatus (Thunb.) Sieb were grown outside in 3.8-L plastic containers for 345 days (1 Apr. 2001 to 11 Mar. 2002). Nitrogen (N) was applied at rates (NAR) of 25, 50, 100, 200, and 300 mg·L–1 and delivered as aqueous double-labeled 15N depleted NH4NO3 (min 99.95% atom 14N). In all species, root, shoot, and total plant dry weight increased with increasing NARs while root to shoot ratios decreased. Similarly, root, shoot, and total plant N increased with NAR for each species, and at each NAR more N was stored in the roots than in the shoots. Estimation of fertilizer N uptake determined by the total N method was higher for all species and at each NAR than estimation of N uptake determined by the fertilizer 15N tracer method. Fertilizer N uptake efficiency determined by the total N method was highest at 25 mg·L–1 and decreased as NARs increased. In contrast fertilizer N uptake efficiency determined by the fertilizer 15N tracer method was lowest at 25 mg·L–1 and increased or remained relatively constant as NARs increased. Differences in N uptake and N uptake efficiency can be attributed to overestimation by the total N method due to the inclusion of nonfertilizer N and underestimation by the fertilizer 15N tracer method due to pool substitution. Corrected N uptake efficiency values can be calculated by adjusting the original data (total N or 15N uptake) by the distance between the origin and the y intercept of the regression line representing the data.

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PEMBERIAN ABU SEKAM PADI DAN JERAMI PADI UNTUK PERTUMBUHAN SERTA SERAPAN TANAMAN JAGUNG MANIS (Zea Mays L.) PADA TANAH ULTISOL DI KECAMATAN RANTAU SELATAN

JURNAL AGROPLASMA ◽

10.36987/agroplasma.v6i2.1566 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 12-18

Author(s):

Fitra Syawal Harahap ◽

Hilwa Walida

Keyword(s):

Plant Height ◽

Rice Straw ◽

Rice Husk ◽

Zea Mays L ◽

Sweet Corn ◽

Rice Husk Ash ◽

N Uptake ◽

Dry Weight ◽

P Uptake ◽

Dose Levels

Provision of Rice Husk Ash and Rice Straw for Growth of Sweet Corn (Zea Mays L) in Ultisol Land in Rantau Selatan District Labuhan Batu District aims to determine the effect of various types of rice husk ash and rice straw for growth and nutrient uptake of Sweet Corn experimental methods. The method used in this study was compiled in a factorial randomized block design consisting of 2 factors with 3 replications. Treatment I: Giving rice husk ash (M) with 4 dose levels (g / 5 kg BTKO), namely: M0 (0), M1 (10 ), M2 (20) and M3 (30) and Treatment II: Giving rice straw (K) compost with 4 dose levels (g / 5 kg BTKO), namely: K0 (0), K1 (25), K2 (50), K3 (75). The data obtained were statistically analyzed based on analysis of variance on each observed variable that was measured and tested further for real treatment using the Duncan Multiple Range Test (DMRT) at the 5% level. The parameters measured consist of. Plant height (cm), Plant Dry Weight, Plant U uptake, Plant U Uptake. The results of this study indicate that the administration of rice straw compost has a significant effect in increasing plant height, plant dry weight, N uptake and P uptake while rice husk ash has a significant effect in increasing plant N uptake but has no significant effect in increasing plant height, plant dry weight and P uptake of plants. Keywords: husk ash, rice straw, growth, nutrient uptake, corn, Rantau selatan

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PEMBERIAN ABU SEKAM PADI DAN JERAMI PADI UNTUK PERTUMBUHAN SERTA SERAPAN TANAMAN JAGUNG MANIS (Zea Mays L.) PADA TANAH ULTISOL DI KECAMATAN RANTAU SELATAN

JURNAL AGROPLASMA ◽

10.36987/agr.v6i2.675 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Fitra Syawal Harahap

Keyword(s):

Plant Height ◽

Rice Straw ◽

Rice Husk ◽

Zea Mays L ◽

Sweet Corn ◽

Rice Husk Ash ◽

N Uptake ◽

Dry Weight ◽

P Uptake ◽

Dose Levels

Provision of Rice Husk Ash and Rice Straw for Growth of Sweet Corn (Zea Mays L) in Ultisol Land in Rantau Selatan District Labuhan Batu District aims to determine the effect of various types of rice husk ash and rice straw for growth and nutrient uptake of Sweet Corn experimental methods. The method used in this study was compiled in a factorial randomized block design consisting of 2 factors with 3 replications. Treatment I: Giving rice husk ash (M) with 4 dose levels (g / 5 kg BTKO), namely: M0 (0), M1 (10 ), M2 (20) and M3 (30) and Treatment II: Giving rice straw (K) compost with 4 dose levels (g / 5 kg BTKO), namely: K0 (0), K1 (25), K2 (50), K3 (75). The data obtained were statistically analyzed based on analysis of variance on each observed variable that was measured and tested further for real treatment using the Duncan Multiple Range Test (DMRT) at the 5% level. The parameters measured consist of. Plant height (cm), Plant Dry Weight, Plant U uptake, Plant U Uptake. The results of this study indicate that the administration of rice straw compost has a significant effect in increasing plant height, plant dry weight, N uptake and P uptake while rice husk ash has a significant effect in increasing plant N uptake but has no significant effect in increasing plant height, plant dry weight and P uptake of plants. Keywords: husk ash, rice straw, growth, nutrient uptake, corn, Rantau selatan

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Evaluation of Five Different Plant Nutrients for Their Effect on Yield, Quality, and Postharvest Condition of Bell Peppers in a Subtropical Environment

HortScience ◽

10.21273/hortsci.31.4.672f ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

pp. 672f-673

Author(s):

L.P. Brandenberger ◽

R.P. Wiedenfeld ◽

D. Makus

Keyword(s):

N Uptake ◽

Dry Weight ◽

Fruit Weight ◽

Nitrogen Application ◽

Fertilization Program ◽

N Application ◽

Total N ◽

Yield Increase ◽

Wall Strength ◽

Bell Peppers

Fertilization programs used commercially for bell peppers (Capsicum annuum) in the subtropical Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas may vary substantially from recommendations based on research. Therefore, a commercial fertilization program used on a significant fraction of the pepper production in this area was evaluated at two locations. Preplant soil tests showed NO3-N levels were low at one location and very high at the other. Nitrogen application where preplant soil NO3-N was low resulted in a six-fold yield increase (from 197 to 1203 kg·ha–1), and improvements in fruit weight, fruit volume, fruit density, wall thickness, wall strength, and carotenoid and chlorophyll a and b contents. No other nutrient application at either location or N application at the site where preplant soil NO3-N levels were high significantly affected yield by size class, fruit quality characteristics, storage properties, or mineral and organic components. Nitrogen application had the greatest effect on dry-weight accumulation and N uptake during fruit set and maturation when N demand was high. Where N responses were observed, N application increased total dry weight in plant and fruit by 150% and total N uptake by 186%, yet this increase amounted to a N fertilizer uptake efficiency of only 12%. Thus, N should be used judiciously to prevent pollution of drainage and ground waters.

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