EFFECTS OF ALUMINUM ON GROWTH AND NUTRIENT-UPTAKE OF SMALL PICEA-ABIES AND PINUS-SYLVESTRIS PLANTS
EFFECTS OF ALUMINUM ON GROWTH AND NUTRIENT-UPTAKE OF SMALL PICEA-ABIES AND PINUS-SYLVESTRIS PLANTS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00204334
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发表时间:
1991-01-01
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
ELDHUSET, TD
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作者:
GORANSSON, A;ELDHUSET, TD
The effects of aluminium concentrations between 0.2 and 30 mM at pH 3.8 +/- 0.2 on small plants of Norway spruce [(Picea abies (L.) Karst], Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), and Scots pine infected with the ectomycorrhizal fungus Suillus bovinus (L. ex Fr.) O. Kuntze were investigated. The plants were grown at maximum relative growth rate (R(G) % day-1) with free access but very low external concentrations of nutrients. Steady-state conditions with respect to relative growth rate (R(G)) and internal nutrient concentrations were achieved before addition of aluminium, which was addded as AlCl3 and/or Al(NO3)3. There were reductions in R(G) at aluminium concentrations of 0.3 mM in spruce, 6 mM in pine and 10 mM in ecotomycorrhizal pine, i.e. at aluminium concentrations considerably higher than those normally occurring in the top layer of the mineral soil where most fine roots are found. Nutrient uptake rate per unit root growth rate was calculated for different nutrient elements. The uptake rate of calcium and magnesium was reduced at aluminium concentrations of 0.2 mM (spruce), 1 mM (pine) and 3 mM (ectomycorrhizal pine), without influencing R(G). The results question the validity of the hypothesis of aluminium toxicity to forest tree species at low external concentrations.