DISTRIBUTION OF NITRATE REDUCTASE-ACTIVITY IN NODULATED LUCERNE PLANTS

被引:14
作者
ARRESEIGOR, C [1 ]
GARCIAPLAZAOLA, JI [1 ]
DIAZ, A [1 ]
APARICIOTEJO, PM [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV BASQUE COUNTRY, DEPT BIOL VEGETAL & ECOL, E-48080 BILBAO, SPAIN
关键词
LUCERNE; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; RHIZOBIUM-MELILOTI;
D O I
10.1007/BF00010425
中图分类号
S3 [农学(农艺学)];
学科分类号
0901 ;
摘要
Nitrogen fixing plants of lucerne (Medicago sativa L. cv. Aragon) were grown in a glasshouse for three months in the absence of nitrate, and then supplied with 5 mM KNO3 for a week. In control (non-nitrate fed) plants, nitrate reductase activity (NRA EC 1.6.6.1) was detected only in nodules. After nitrate supply, root NRA showed a transient increase. Shoot NRA increased with time, paralleling changes in nitrate distribution; stem NRA represented nearly 50% of total NRA in plant tissues. Total nitrogen, expressed on a dry weight basis, tended to decrease in shoots upon nitrate supply. Bacteroid NRA (EC 1.7.99.4) showed a great variation depending on Rhizobium meliloti strains, ranging from 5 to 40% of total plant NRA. However, different Rhizobium strains did not give different results in terms of plant growth parameters, nitrate or organic nitrogen content.
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