Abstract
When adequate levels of soil NO3− are available, concurrent NO3− absorption and assimilation, and mobilization of vegetative N reserves accumulated prior to anthesis, may be used to supply N to developing wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) kernels. Vegetative wheat components (stems, leaves, spike) are known to possess NO3− reductase activity, but the in situ utilization of NO3− translocated to the shoot has not been studied. Assimilation and partitioning of 15N was determined in winter wheat `Doublecrop.' At 7 days after anthesis, the stem immediately above the peduncle node was heat girdled to block phloem export from the flag leaf. Control plants were not girdled. One day later, 50 micromoles of 15NO3− (98 atom percent 15N) was injected into the penultimate internodal lacuna, after which 15NO3− utilization was determined sequentially over a 5 day period. Based on differences in spike accumulation of reduced 15N excess between treatments and the amount of reduced 15N excess remaining in the flag leaf, it was estimated that the flag leaf contributed 37% of the total reduced 15N excess in the injected shoot. The lower shoot contribution was 18% and that of the peduncle plus spike was 45%.
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