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Effect of Acid Aluminous Soil on Photosynthetic Parameters of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)

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Potato is grown worldwide, in some cases in very acid soils. Aluminum (Al) is a major limiting factor for crop productivity in acid soils. Al toxicity was studied mainly on plant roots, while less attention was given to its effects on leaves. Al tolerance observed in solution cultures has rarely been correlated with Al tolerance in acid soils. Al tolerance was assessed in 12 potato cultivars grown in nutrient solutions containing 0, 25, and 50 μmol Al L−1 by its relative root elongation (RRE). The effect of acid soil with high level of exchangeable Al on leaf mineral content, chlorophyll content, net photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate, stomatal conductance, intercellular CO2 concentration, water use efficiency (WUE), and light use efficiency (LUE) was studied on cultivars, with the greatest differences in RRE (cv. Tresor, 63.1 and 42.5% and cv. Canberra, 23.3 and 19.2%, for the 25 and 50 μmol Al L−1 treatments, respectively), grown for 49 days after planting (DAP) in acid and limed soil. Growth in acid soil significantly reduced concentrations of nitrogen (−18.51%) and magnesium (−27.17%) in the leaves in cv. Canberra and concentrations of potassium and copper in both cultivars. Canberra grown in acid soil showed a significant decrease in chlorophyll content and photosynthetic rate, from 28 to 49 DAP, and in transpiration rate and LUE when averaged across all measurements, while cv. Tresor was not affected. Physiological disorders observed on leaves of plants grown in acid soil can be correlated with the differences in Al tolerance observed in nutrient solutions.

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Abbreviations

RRE:

Relative root elongation

DAP:

Days after planting

PAR:

Photosynthetically active radiation

WUE:

Water use efficiency

LUE:

Light use efficiency

Al:

Aluminum

N:

Nitrogen

P:

Phosphorus

K:

Potassium

Ca:

Calcium

Mg:

Magnesium

Fe:

Iron

Zn:

Zinc

Mn:

Manganese

Cu:

Copper

CaCO3 :

Calcium carbonate

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    Boris Lazarević, Tea Horvat & Milan Poljak

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Lazarević, B., Horvat, T. & Poljak, M. Effect of Acid Aluminous Soil on Photosynthetic Parameters of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). Potato Res. 57, 33–46 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11540-014-9251-7

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