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Plants of Hordeum vulgare (barley) were grown initially in a solution containing 150 μM phosphate and then transferred on day 6 to solutions with (+P) and without (-P) phosphate supplied. After various times plants from these treatments were supplied with labelled phosphate. Analysis of plant growth and rates of labelled phosphate uptake showed that a general enhancement of uptake and translocation was found, in plants which had been in the-P solution, several days before the rate of dry matter accumulation was affected. Subsequently a detailed analysis of phosphate uptake by segments of intact root axes showed that the enhancement of phosphate uptake by P-stress occurred first in the old and mature parts of the seminal root axis and last in the young zones 1 cm from the root apex. During this transition period there were profound changes in the pattern of P absorption along the length of the root. Most of the additional P absorbed in response to P-stress was translocated to the shoot, particularly in older zones of the axis. Enhancement of phosphate uptake in young zones of nodal axes occurred at an earlier stage than in seminal axes. The results are related to the P-status of shoots and root zones and discussed in relation to the general control by the shoot of phosphate transport in the root.
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Clarkson, D.T., Sanderson, J. & Scattergood, C.B. Influence of phosphate-stress on phosphate absorption and translocation by various parts of the root system of Hordeum vulgare L. (barley). Planta 139, 47–53 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00390809
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