Differences in steady-state net ammonium and nitrate influx by cold- and warm-adapted barley varieties.

A flowing nutrient culture system permitted relatively rapid determination of the steady-state net nitrogen influx by an intact barley (Hardeum vulgare L. cv Kombar and Olli) plant. Ion-selective electrodes monitored the depletion of ammonium and nitrate from a nutrient solution after a single pass through a root cuvette. Influx at concentrations as low as 4 micromolar was measured. Standard errors for a sample size of three plants were typically less than 10% of the mean.When grown under identical conditions, a variety of barley bred for cold soils had higher nitrogen influx rates at low concentrations and low temperatures than one bred for warm soils, whereas the one bred for warm soils had higher influx rates at high concentrations and high temperatures. Ammonium was more readily absorbed than nitrate by both varieties at all concentrations and temperatures tested. Ammonium and nitrate influx in both varieties were equally inhibited by low temperatures.

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