Nitrate Uptake and Reduction as Affected by Calcium and Potassium
1968
Minotti, P. L. | Williams, Doris Craig | Jackson, W. A.
Nitrate uptake patterns by nitrogen-depleted wheat seedlings (Triticum vulgare var. Atlas 66) exhibited an initial lag phase which was lessened, but not completely overcome, by presence of solution Ca. Maintenance of a more rapid subsequent rate of nitrate uptake, which developed after the initial lag phase, depended upon presence of solution K. The rapid phase was enhanced when both Ca and K were present and was curtailed by shoot excision and by Ca deficiency. Sizeably larger amounts of nitrate were recovered in the shoots after 24 hours in KNO₃ as compared to Ca(NO₃)₂, and with the former salt, smaller proportions of the absorbed nitrate were reduced. The data suggest a beneficial influence of Ca both on initial nitrate uptake by root tissue and on transport to shoots while a continual K supply was apparently beneficial in nitrate transport.
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