Kinetic parameters related to nitrogen uptake efficiency of pear trees (Pyrus communis)

Sete, Paula Beatriz; Paula, Betânia Vahl de; Kulmann, Matheus Severo de Souza; Rossi, Andrea De; Rozane, Danilo Eduardo; Hindersmann, Jacson; Krug, Amanda Veridiana; Brunetto, Gustavo

doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2020.109530

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“…Kinetic parameters also allow the plant to serve as a sensitive indicator of the fertilizer required to meet the nutritional demands, which can increase the agronomic efficiency of nitrogen fertilizers. In this sense, recent works have measured the kinetic absorption parameters as a mean of selecting rootstocks of peach, grapevine and pear more efficient in the absorption of nitrate-nitrogen and ammonium-nitrogen (Paula et al, 2018;Kulmann et al, 2020;Sete et al, 2020). Relatively to coffee-plant the estimated kinetic parameters of NO 3 − uptake in 9.5 month-old plants of eight coffee varieties grown in growth chambers were in average 3.47 µmol g −1 h −1 for V max and 236.3 µmol L −1 for K m .…”

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Kinetic Parameters of Nitrate Absorption by Adult Coffee Trees

Bohórquez

Martínez

Santos

2021

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Nitrogen, the most demanded nutrient by coffee plants, has a rate of recovery from the soil of about 50%. Because of that high doses of nitrogenous fertilizers are used to reach high production, and consequently high amounts of N are lost to the environment. Knowing the kinetic parameters of nitrate (NO3-) absorption over the fruit development cycle is important as a mean of achieve more adjusted fertilizer doses and better recovery rates for the N applied as fertilizers. This study aimed determining the kinetic parameters of NO3- absorption in different development stages of fruits from adult coffee plants. The kinetic parameters Vmax and Km were determined in a low production year, at the pinhead (PH), rapid expansion (RE), grain filling (GF), and maturation (MT) stages. One month before each kinetics assay, lateral roots of eight plants were excavated and wrapped into non-woven fabrics grow cylinders filled in with vermiculite to produce absorbent roots. On the assay day, the roots were washed and immersed into a container with 1 L of 90 μmol L−1 NO3- solution. Sampling began one and a half hours after that, and was taken every hour over 7 h. Data on NO3- depletion were used to calculate the absorption kinetic parameters Vmax and Km. In a low production year the Vmax ranged from 0.14 to 0.72 μmol g−1 h−1 in a root fresh matter basis and Km from 6.47 to 50.31 μmol L−1. The Vmax values were highest at the PH and MT stages; the lowest absorption rate was recorded at GF and Km was lowest at RE. As at the RE stage of fruits Vmax shows a positive correlation with grain production, adequate nitrogen availability must be ensured before this phase to not to affect coming coffee production.

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