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The use of internal nitrogen stores in the rhizomatous grass Calamagrostis epigejos during regrowth after defoliation.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

The regrowth dynamics after defoliation of the invasive grass Calamagrostis epigejos were studied. As nitrogen (N) reserves have been shown to play an important role during plant regrowth, the identity, location and relative importance for regrowth of N stores were determined in this rhizomatous grass.

Methods

Plant growth, nitrate uptake and root respiration were followed during recovery from defoliation. Water soluble carbohydrates, nitrate, free amino acids and soluble proteins were analysed in the remaining organs.

Key results

Nitrate uptake and root respiration were severely reduced during the first days of regrowth. Roots were the main net source of mobilized N. The quantitatively dominant N storage compounds were free amino acids. Free amino acids and soluble proteins in the roots decreased by 55 and 50%, respectively, and a substantial (approximately 38%) decrease in stubble protein was also observed. Although the relative abundance of several soluble proteins in roots decreased during the initial recovery from defoliation, no evidence was found for vegetative storage protein (VSP). Furthermore, rhizomes did not act as a N storage compartment.

Conclusions

Production of new leaf area was entirely reliant, during the first week after defoliation, on N stores present in the plant. Mobilized N originated mainly from free amino acids and soluble proteins located in roots, and less so from proteins in stubble. Presence of VSP in the roots was not confirmed. The data suggest that rhizomes played an important role in N transport but not in N storage.

SUBMITTER: Kavanova M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4246801 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The use of internal nitrogen stores in the rhizomatous grass Calamagrostis epigejos during regrowth after defoliation.

Kavanová Monika M Gloser Vít V

Annals of botany 20041214 3

<h4>Background and aims</h4>The regrowth dynamics after defoliation of the invasive grass Calamagrostis epigejos were studied. As nitrogen (N) reserves have been shown to play an important role during plant regrowth, the identity, location and relative importance for regrowth of N stores were determined in this rhizomatous grass.<h4>Methods</h4>Plant growth, nitrate uptake and root respiration were followed during recovery from defoliation. Water soluble carbohydrates, nitrate, free amino acids ...[more]

PMID: 15598700

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The use of internal nitrogen stores in the rhizomatous grass Calamagrostis epigejos during regrowth after defoliation.

Background and aims

Methods

Key results

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The use of internal nitrogen stores in the rhizomatous grass Calamagrostis epigejos during regrowth after defoliation.

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