Coffee seedlings growth under varied NO3- :NH4+ ratio: Consequences for nitrogen metabolism, amino acids profile, and regulation of plasma membrane H+ -ATPase

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry : PPB
Natalia Fernandes CarrDirceu Mattos

Abstract

Root plasma membrane H+-ATPase electrochemical equilibrium for optimum coffee plant growth can be modulated by specific ammonium:nitrate (NO3-:NH4+) ratio supply. This study aimed to evaluate the coffee seedlings responses to varying ammonium:nitrate (NO3-:NH4+) ratio and to depict how much NO3- and NH4+ plants can use in terms of growth, nitrogen metabolism, amino acids profile and regulation of root plasma membrane H+-ATPase. Coffee plants were grown in nutrient solution with the following NO3-:NH4+ ratios (%): 100:0; 87.5:12.5; 50:50; 0:100. Plants were grown in nutrient solution for 90 days and evaluated for growth, nitrate reductase activity as well as the modulation of H+-ATPase activity in the plasma membrane of the roots, amino acids profile, chlorophyll a fluorescence parameters and estimated cations and anions taken up by plants. The plants treated with the 87.5:12.5 and 50:50 NO3-:NH4+ ratio showed higher ability to absorb nutrients maintaining balanced uptake and as a consequence, 6% and 29%, the highest dry mass yield as compared to the 0:100 NO3-:NH4+ ratio. In addition, plants supplied with the 87.5:12.5 and 50:50 NO3-:NH4+ ratio had respectively, 58% and 94%, greater photosynthetic capability. Those data suggest...Continue Reading

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Mar 11, 2021·International Journal of Phytoremediation·Huiyuan ChengCongyan Wang
May 19, 2021·International Journal of Phytoremediation·Azam NooriJason C White

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