Alternative pathway respiration is associated with ammonium ion sensitivity in spinach and pea plants

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-55

  Lasa, Berta ^a   Frechilla, Silvia ^a   Aparicio Tejo, Pedro M ^a   Lamsfus, Carmen ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alternative pathway; Ammonium; Nitrate; Nitrogen nutrition; Respiration

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; NITRATES; NUTRITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STARCH;

HYDROPONIC CULTURES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

PISUM SATIVUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0036587368     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020312806239     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. AOAC 1990. Official Methods of Analysis. Association of Official Analytical Chemistry, pp. 127-129.
2. + as inorganic nitrogen source. J. Plant Physiol. 132: 23-27.
3. Barker A.V., Volk R.J. and Jackson W.A. 1966. Growth and nitrogen distribution patterns in bean plants Phaseolus vulgaris L. Subjected to ammonium nutrition: I Effects of carbonates and acidity control. Soil Sci. Amer. Proc. 30: 228-232.
4. Barker A.V. and Mills H.A. 1980. Ammonium and nitrate nutrition of horticultural crops. Hort. Rev. 2: 395-423.
5. Barneix A.J., Breteler H., Siebe C. and Van de Geijn S.C. 1984. Gas and ion exchanges in wheat roots after nitrogen supply. Physiol. Plant 61: 357-362.
6. Blacquière T. 1987. Ammonium and nitrate nutrition in Plantago lanceolata L. and Plantago major L. ssp. major. II. Efficiency of root respiration and growth. Comparison of measured and theorical values of growth respiration. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 25: 775-785.
7. Blacquière T., Hofstra R. and Stulen I. 1987. Ammonium and nitrate nutrition in Plantago lanceolata L. and Plantago major L. ssp. major. I. Aspects of growth, chemical composition and root respiration. Plant Soil 104: 129-141.
8. Bloom A.J., Sukrapanna S.S. and Warner R.L. 1992. Root respiration associated with ammonium and nitrate absorption and assimilation by barley. Plant Physiol. 99: 1294-1301.
9. Bruning-Fann C. and Kaneene J.B. 1993. The effects of nitrate, nitrite and N-nitroso compounds on animal health. Vet. Hum. Toxicol. 35: 237-253.
10. Claussen W. and Lenz F. 1999. 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 Soil 208: 95-102.
11. Cox W.J. and Reisenauer H.M. 1973. Growth and ion uptake by wheat supplied nitrogen as nitrate or ammonium or both. Plant Soil 38: 363-380.
12. Chaillou S., Rideout J.W., Raper C.D. and Morot-Gaudry J.F. 1994. Responses of soybean to ammonium and nitrate supplied in combination to the whole root system or separately in a split-root system. Physiol. Plant 90: 259-268.
13. Frechilla S., Gonzalez E.M., Royuela M., Minchin F.R., Aparicio-Tejo P.M. and Arrese-Igor C. 2000. Source of nitrogen nutrition (nitrogen fixation or nitrate assimilation) is a major factor involved in pea response to moderate water stress. J. Plant Physiol. 157: 609-617.
14. Gangolli S.D., Van Den Brandt P.A., Feron V.J., Jan-Zowsky C., Koeman J.H., Speijers G.J.A. et al. 1994. Nitrate, nitrite and N-nitroso compounds. Eur. J. Pharm., Envir. Tox. Pharm. Section 292: 1-38.
15. Haynes R.J. and Goh K.M. 1978. Ammonium and nitrate nutrition of plants. Biol. Rev. 53: 465-510.
16. Hoefnagel M.H.N., Rich P.R., Zhang Q. and Wiskich J.T. 1997. Substrate kinetics of the plant mitochondrial alternative oxidase and the effects of pyruvate. Plant Physiol. 115: 1145-1153.
17. Lasa B., Frechilla S., Lamsfus C. and Aparicio-Tejo P.M. 2001. The sensitivity to ammonium nutrition is related to nitrogen accumulation. Sci. Hort. 688: 131-162.
18. Peuke A.D. and Jeschke W.D. 1993. The uptake and flow of C, N and ions between roots and shoots in Ricinus communis L. J. Exp. Bot. 44: 1167-1176.
19. Purvis A.C. and Shewfelt R.L. 1993. Does the alternative pathway ameliorate chilling injury in sensitive plant tissues? Physiol. Plant 88: 712-718.
20. Rigaud J. and Puppo A. 1975. Indole-3-acetic catabolism by soybean bacteroid. J. Gen. Microbiol. 88: 223-228.
21. Santamaria P., Elia A., Papa G. and Serio F. 1998. Nitrate and ammonium nutrition in chicory and rocket salad plants. J. Plant Nutr. 21: 1179-1789.
22. Turpin D.H., Elrifi I.R., Birch D.G., Weger H.G. and Holmes J.J. 1988. Interactions between photosynthesis, respiration, and nitrogen assimilation in microalgae. Can. J. Bot. 66: 2083-2097.
23. Wagner A.M. and Krab K. 1995. The alternative respiration pathway in plants: Role and regulation. Physiol. Plant 95: 318-325.
24. Weger H.G., Birch D.G., Elrifi I.R. and Turpin D.H. 1988. Ammonium assimilation requires mitochondrial respiration in the light. A study with the green alga Selenastrum minutum. Plant Physiol. 86: 688-692.