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Influence of additional ammonium supply on some nutritional aspects in hydroponic rose plants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2000

H. LORENZO
Affiliation:
Dept. Ornamentales y Horticultura ICIA, Apdo 60, La Laguna, 38200 Tenerife, Spain
M. C. CID
Affiliation:
Dept. Ornamentales y Horticultura ICIA, Apdo 60, La Laguna, 38200 Tenerife, Spain
J. M. SIVERIO
Affiliation:
Dept. Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Grupo del Metabolismo del Nitrógeno-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad La Laguna 38206, Tenerife, Spain
M. CABALLERO
Affiliation:
Dept. Ornamentales y Horticultura ICIA, Apdo 60, La Laguna, 38200 Tenerife, Spain
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Abstract

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The influence of an additional supply of ammonium to a nitrate containing hydroponic solution on the mineral nutrition of greenhouse rose plants (Rosa hybrida cv. ‘Lambada’) has been investigated. The effect on NPK uptake, mineral contents in roots and leaves as well as nitrate reductase (NR) and glutamine synthetase (GS) activities were examined. The addition of ammonium in a nutrient solution containing nitrate produced a total nitrogen uptake increase during shoot elongation, while in the absence of ammonium, nitrate uptake was lower during shoot elongation. Adding ammonium to the hydroponics solution caused an increase of potassium uptake while ammonium absorption was constant. Phosphate uptake was always higher in combined nitrate plus ammonium treatment, likewise in this treatment the most relevant effect on plant mineral content was the increase of P concentration in the roots. In both treatments with or without NH+4, free nitrate was notably higher in the roots than in leaves, indicating that nitrate reduction in rose plants takes place mainly in the leaves. NR activity in the leaves was higher when ammonium was present, whereas the root GS activity was similar in both treatments. The influence of ammonium on phosphate uptake and the subsequent effects on transport of other ions and enzymatic activities are discussed.

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