How nitrogen supply affects growth and nitrogen uptake, use efficiency, and loss from citrus seedlings
How nitrogen supply affects growth and nitrogen uptake, use efficiency, and loss from citrus seedlings
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DOI:
10.21273/jashs.121.1.105
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发表时间:
1996-01-01
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
Syvertsen, JP
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作者:
LeaCox, JD;Syvertsen, JP
We examined how N supply affected plant growth and N uptake, allocation and leaching losses from a fine sandy soil with four Citrus rootstock species. Seedlings of 'Cleopatra' mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco) and 'Swingle' citrumelo (C. paradisi x P. trifoliata) were grown in a glasshouse in 2.3-liter pots of Candler fine sand and fertilized weekly with a complete nutrient solution containing 200 mg N/liter (20 mg N/week), A single application of (NH4)-N-15 (NO3)-N-15 (17.8% atom excess N-15) was substituted for a normal weekly N application when the seedlings mere 22 weeks old (day 0). Six replicate plants of each species were harvested at 0.5, 1.5, 3.5, 7, 11, and 30 days after N-15 application, In a second experiment, NH4NO3 was supplied at 18, 53, and 105 mg N/week to 14-week-old 'Volkamer' lemon (C. volkameriana Ten. & Pasq.) and sour orange (C. aurantium L.) seedlings in a complete nutrient solution for 8 weeks, A single application of (NH4)-N-15 (NO3)-N-15 (23.0% N-15) was substituted at 22 weeks (day 0), as in the first experiment, and seedlings harvested 3, 7, and 31 days after N-15 application, Nitrogen uptake and partitioning were similar among species within each rate, but were strongly influenced by total N supply and the N demand by new growth. There was no N-15 retranslocation to new tissue at the highest (105 mg N/week) rate, but N supplies below this rate limited plant growth without short-term N-15 reallocation hom other tissues, Leaf N concentration increased linearly with N supply up to the highest rate, while leaf chlorophyll concentration did not increase above that at 53 mg N/week. Photosynthetic CO2 assimilation was not limited by N in this study; leaf N concentration exceeded 100 mmol . m(-2) in all treatments, Thus, differences in net productivity at the higher N rates appeared to be a function of increased leaf area, but not of leaf N concentration, Hence, N use efficiency decreased significantly over the range of N supply, whether expressed either on a gas-exchange or dry weight basis. Mean plant N-15 uptake efficiencies after 31 days decreased from 60% to 47% of the N-15 applied at the 18, 20, and 53 mg N/week rates to less than 33% at the 105 mg N/week rate, Leaching losses increased with N rate, with plant growth rates and the subsequent N requirements of these Citrus species interacting with residual soil N and potential leaching loss.