Effect of ammonium or nitrate nutrition on net photosynthesis, growth, and activity of the enzymes nitrate reductase and glutamine synthetase in blueberry, raspberry and strawberry

Plant and Soil

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-102

  Claussen, W ^a   Lenz, F ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND ORNAMENTAL CROPS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonium toxicity; Buffered nutrient solution; Fragaria x ananassa; Rubus idaeus; Vaccinium corymbosum

Indexed keywords

FRAGARIA ANANASSA; RUBUS IDAEUS; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 0032804296     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004543128899     Document Type: Article

References (64)

1. Arnold J T and Thompson L F 1982 Chlorosis in blueberries: Soil-plant investigation. J. Plant Nutr. 5, 747-753.
2. Barker A V and Mills H A 1980 Ammonium and nitrate nutrition of horticultural crops. Hort. Rev. 2, 395-423.
3. Barker A V, Volk R J and Jackson W A 1966 Root environment acidity as a regulatory factor in ammonium assimilation by the bean plant. Plant Physiol. 41, 1193-1199.
4. Beevers L and Hageman R H 1969 Nitrate reduction in higher plants. Plant Physiol. 20, 495-522.
5. Blackwell R D, Murray A J S and Lea P J 1987 Inhibition of photosynthesis in barley with decreased levels of chloroplastic glutamine synthetase activity. J. Exp. Bot. 38, 1799-1809.
6. Blatt C R 1981 Effect of nitrogen source, rate and time of application on fruit yields of the micmac strawberry. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 12, 511-518.
7. Block F R, Lenz F and Onkels R 1983 Einrichtungen zur Messung von Photosynthese, Respiration und Transpiration. Gartenbauwissenschaft 48, 128-134.
8. Chaillou S, Vessey J K, Morot-Gaudry J F, Raper C D, Henry L T and Boutin J P 1991 Expression of characteristics of ammonium nutrition as affected by pH of the root medium. J. Exp. Bot. 42, 189-196.
9. Claussen W 1986 Influence of fruit load and environmental factors on nitrate reductase activity and concentration of nitrate and carbohydrates in leaves of eggplant (Solanum melongena). Physiol. Plant. 67, 73-80.
10. Claussen W and Lenz F 1995 Effect of ammonium and nitrate on net photosynthesis, flower formation, growth and yield of eggplants (Solanum melongena L.). Plant Soil 171, 267-274.
11. Clay D E, Mahler R L and Menser H A 1984 The influence of N sources and rates on soil N parameters related to strawberry production in Northern Idaho. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 15, 819-832.
12. Cummings G A 1978 Plant and soil effects of fertilizer and lime applied to highbush blueberries. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 103, 302-305.
13. Cummings G, Bickford C and Nelson L 1971 Fertilizer and lime rates influence highbush blueberry growth and foliar elemental content during establishment. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 96, 184-186.
14. Dirr M A, Barker A V and Maynard D N 1972 Nitrate reductase activity in the leaves of the highbush blueberry and other plants. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 97, 329-331.
15. Ebbinghaus D and Lenz F 1991 Einsatz der Ammonium-Depotdüngung im Erdbeeranbau. Erwerbsobstbau 33, 100-104.
16. Eck P 1977 Nitrogen requirement of the highbush blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum L. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 102, 816-818.
17. Errebhi M and Wilcox G E 1990 Plant species response to ammonium-nitrate concentration ratios. J. Plant Nutr. 13, 1017-1029.
18. Findenegg G R 1987 A comparative study of ammonium toxicity at different constant pH of the nutrient solution. Plant Soil 103, 239-243.
19. Forde B G and Woodall J 1995 Glutamine synthetase in higher plants: molecular biology meets plant physiology. In Amino Acids and Their Derivatives in Higher Plants. Ed. R M Wallsgrove. pp 1-18. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York, Melbourne.
20. Frantz T A, Peterson D M and Durbin R D 1982 Sources of ammonium in oat leaves treated with tabtoxin or methionine sulfoximine. Plant Physiol. 69, 345-348.
21. Gerendás J, Ratcliffe R G and Sattelmacher B 1995 The influence of nitrogen and potassium supply on ammonium content of maize (Zea mays L.) leaves including a comparison of measurements made in vivo and in vitro. Plant Soil 173, 11-20.
22. Gerendás J, Zhu Z, Bendixen R and Sattelmacher B 1997 Physiological and biochemical processes related to ammonium toxicity in higher plants. Z. Pflanzenernähr. Bodenk. 160, 239-251.
23. Givan C V 1979 Metabolic detoxification of ammonia in tissues of higher plants. Phytochem. 18, 375-382.
24. Goulart B L, Demchak K and Yang W Q 1995 Organic matter and nitrogen level effects on mycorrhizal infection in Bluecrop highbush blueberry plants. J. Small Fruit & Viticulture 3, 151-164.
25. Greidanus T, Peterson L A, Schrader L E and Dana M N 1972 Essentiality of ammonium for cranberry nutrition. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 97, 272-277.
26. Havill D C, Lee J A and Stewart G R 1974 Nitrate utilization by species from acidic and calcareous soils. New Phytol. 73, 1221-1231.
27. Hondelmann W H J 1976 Erdbeerzüchtung: Probleme, Methoden, Ergebnisse. Fortschritte der Pflanzenzüchtung. In Beihefte zur "Zeitschrift für Pflanzenzüchtung" 7. Eds. W Horn, H Kuckuck and H Stubbe. pp 1-76. Paul Parey, Berlin, Hamburg.
28. Kafkafi U and Ganmore-Neumann R 1997 Ammonium in plant tissue: Real or artifact? J. Plant Nutr. 20, 107-118.
29. Kendall A C, Wallsgrove R M, Hall N P, Turner J C and Lea P J 1986 Carbon and nitrogen metabolism in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) mutants lacking ferredoxin-dependent glutamate synthase. Planta 168, 316-323.
30. Kinzel H 1983 Influence of limestone, silicates and soil pH on vegetation. In Physiological Plant Ecology III. Responses to the Chemical and Biological Environment. Eds. O L Lange, P S Nobel, C B Osmond and H Ziegler, pp 201-243. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
31. Korcak R F 1986a Adaptability of blueberry species to various soil types: I. Growth and initial fruiting. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 111, 816-821.
32. Korcak R F 1986b Adaptability of blueberry species to various soil types: II. Leaf and soil analysis. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 111, 822-828.
33. Korcak R F 1987 Iron deficiency chlorosis. Hort. Rev. 9, 133-186.
34. Korcak R F 1988 Nutrition of blueberry and other calcifuges. Hort. Rev. 10, 183-227.
35. Korcak R F 1989 Variation in nutrient requirements of blueberries and other calcifuges. Hort. Sci. 24, 573-578.
36. Krogmann D W, Jagendorf A T and Avron M 1959 Uncouplers of spinach chloroplast photosynthetic phosphorylation. Plant Physiol. 34, 272-277.
37. Krüger E 1983 Mineralstoffbedarf von Preiselbeeren (Vaccinium vitis idaea L. 'Koralle') und Stickstoffversorgung von Kulturheidelbeeren (Vaccinium corymbosum L. 'Berkeley'). Diss. Univ. Hannover FB Gartenbau.
38. Lea P J and Miflin B J 1974 Alternative route for nitrogen assimilation in higher plants. Nature 251, 614-616.
39. Lee J A and Stewart G R 1978 Ecological aspects of nitrogen assimilation. Adv. Bot. Res. 6, 1-43.
40. Lewis O A M, Kaiser J J and Probyn T A 1979 A comparison of nitrogen assimilation pathways in nitrophilous and non-nitrophilous plants. In Nitrogen Assimilation of Plants. Eds. E J Hewitt and C V Cutting. pp 435-440. Academic Press, London, New York.
41. Lips S H, Leidi E O, Silberbush M, Soores M I M and Lewis E M 1990 Physiological aspects of ammonium and nitrate fertilization. J. Plant Nutr. 13, 1271-1289.
42. Magalhaes J R and Wilcox G F 1983 Tomato growth and nutrient uptake patterns as influenced by nitrogen form and light intensity. J. Plant Nutr. 6, 941-956.
43. Marschner H 1995 Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants. Academic Press, London, New York.
44. Maynard D N and Barker A V 1969 Studies on the tolerance of plants to ammonium nutrition. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 94, 235-239.
45. Mengel K 1994 Iron availability in plant tissues iron chlorosis on calcareous soils. Plant Soil 165, 275-283.
46. Mengel K, Robin P and Salsac L 1983 Nitrate reductase activity in shoots and roots of maize seedlings as affected by the form of nitrogen nutrition and pH of the nutrient solution. Plant Physiol. 71, 618-622.
47. Merhaut D J and Darnell R L 1995 Ammonium and nitrate accumulation in containerized southern highbush blueberry plants. Hort. Sci. 30, 1378-1381.
48. Merhaut D J and Darnell R L 1996 Vegetative growth and nitrogen/carbon partitioning in blueberry as influenced by nitrogen fertilization. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 121, 875-879.
49. Pate J S 1980 Transport and partitioning of nitrogenous solutes. Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. 31, 313-340.
50. Pick U, Zeelon O and Weiss M 1991 Amine accumulation in acidic vacuoles protects the halotolerant alga Dunaliella salina against alkaline stress. Plant Physiol. 97, 1226-1233.
51. Puritch G S and Barker A V 1967 Structure and function of tomato leaf chloroplasts during ammonium toxicity. Plant Physiol. 42, 1229-1238.
52. Raab T K and Terry N 1994 Nitrogen source regulation of growth and photosynthesis in Beta vulgaris L. Plant Physiol. 105, 1159-1166.
53. +. Plant Physiol. 107, 575-584.
54. Runge M 1983 Physiology and ecology of nitrogen nutrition. In Physiological Plant Ecology III. Response to the Chemical and Biological Environment. Eds. O L Lange, P S Nobel, C B Osmond and H Ziegler, pp 163-200. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
55. Sahulka J 1977 The effect of some ammonium salts on nitrate reductase level, on in vivo nitrate reduction and on nitrate content in excised Pisum sativum roots. Biol. Plant. 19, 113-128.
56. Stewart G R, Sumar N and Patel M 1987 Comparative aspects of inorganic nitrogen assimilation in higher plants. In Inorganic Nitrogen Metabolism. Eds. W R Ullrich, P J Aparicio, P J Syrett and F Castillo. pp 39-44. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
57. + ratio on photosynthetic rates, nitrate reductase activity and chloroplast ultrastructure in three cultivars of red pepper (Capsicum annuum L.). J. Plant Physiol. 140, 298-305.
58. Takamizo T and Sugiyama N 1991 Growth-responses to N-forms in rabbiteye and highbush blueberries. J. Jap. Soc. Hort. Sci. 60, 41-45.
59. Timpo E and Neyra C A 1983 Expression of nitrate and nitrite reductase activities under various forms of nitrogen nutrition inPhaseolus vulgaris L. Plant Physiol. 72, 71-75.
60. Townsend L R 1967 Effect of ammonium nitrogen and nitrate nitrogen, separately and in combination, on the growth of the highbush blueberry. Can. J. Plant Sci. 47, 555-562.
61. Townsend L R 1973 Effects of N, P, K, and Mg on the growth and productivity of the highbush blueberry. Can. J. Plant Sci. 53, 161-168.
62. Truax B, Gagnon D, Lambert F and Chevrier N 1994 Nitrate assimilation of raspberry and pin cherry in a recent clearcut. Can. J. Bot. 72, 1343-1348.
63. Walker K A, Keys A J and Givan C V 1984 Effect of methionine sulphoximine on the products of photosynthesis in wheat. J. Exp. Bot. 35, 1800-1810.
64. Wang S Y and Korcak R F 1995 Blueberry nitrate reductase activity: Effect of nutrient ions and cytokinins. J. Small Fruit & Viticulture 3, 165-181.