Plant and Soil

, Volume 155, Issue 1, pp 45–55 | Cite as

Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of the location and function of plant nutrients in vivo

  • R. B. Lee
  • R. G. Ratcliffe
Article

Abstract

The cytoplasmic and vacuolar pools of ammonium, inorganic phosphate and potassium can be studied non-invasively in plant tissues using high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The techniques that allow these pools to be discriminated in vivo are described and their application to plants is reviewed with reference to the phosphorus, nitrogen and potassium nutrition of root tissues.

Key words

compartmentation cytoplasm 39K NMR maize nitrogen 14N NMR 15N NMR pea phosphorus potassium 31P NMR vacuole 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • R. B. Lee
    • 1
  • R. G. Ratcliffe
    • 2
  1. 1.AFRC Institute of Arable Crops ResearchUniversity of Bristol, Long Ashton Research StationBristolU.K.
  2. 2.Department of Plant SciencesUniversity of OxfordOxfordU.K.

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