ISSN:
1574-6968
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract The effects of the flooding-resistant plant species Rumex palustris and the non-flooding-resistant plant species Rumex acetosa on nitrification were compared. The plants were grown under drained and waterlogged conditions on a mixture of calcareous riversand and sieved grassland soil with a high potential nitrifying activity. In the shoots of R. acetosa, but not in those of R. palustris, the ratio between the amounts of accumulated carboxylates and organic nitrogen, ((CA-A)/Norg.), appeared to be a useful indicator of ammonium or nitrate consumption by tghe plant. In both plant species, the inorganic nitrogen source had no observed effect on the (C-A)/Norg. ratio in the roots.The growth of R. acetosa, but not that of R. palustris was inhibited by waterlogging of the soil. Both the activity and the growth of the ammonium-oxidizing bacteria were repressed under drained and waterlogged conditions in soils with R. palustris, a condition that was attributed to a competitive ammonium uptake by its relatively fast growing roots. In the presence of R. acetosa, the activity and growth of the ammonium-oxidizing bacteria were inhibited under waterlogged, but not under drained, conditions. he growth and activity of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in the absence of actively ammonium-oxidizing, nitrite-producing bacteria was likely due to organotrophic growth.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1991.tb04793.x
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