Nitrogen Uptake by Wheat Seedlings, Interactive Effects of Four Nitrogen Sources: NO3−, NO2−, NH4+, and Urea 1

AUTOR(ES)

Criddle, Richard S.

RESUMO

The net influx (uptake) rates of NO3−, NH4+, NO2−, and urea into roots of wheat (Triticum aestivum cv Yecora Rojo) seedlings from complete nutrient solutions containing all four compounds were monitored simultaneously. Although urea uptake was too slow to monitor, its presence had major inhibitory effects on the uptake of each of the other compounds. Rates of NO3−, NH4+, and NO2− uptake depended in a complex fashion on the concentration of all four N compounds. Equations were developed which describe the uptake rates of each of the compounds, and of total N, as functions of concentrations of all N sources. Contour plots of the results show the interactions over the range of concentrations employed. The coefficients of these equations provide quantitative values for evaluating primary and interactive effects of each compound on N uptake.

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