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Anthracene influence on (15NH4)2SO4 fertilization of wheat seedlings

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The influence of the addition of anthracene (1 μg anthracene g−1 soil) in N transformations following (15NH4)2SO4 fertilization (200 mg N g−1 soil) was investigated in wheat pots by quadrapole mass-spectrometry. The dry matter yield at harvesting (after 16 days) was not statistically affected (P=0.05) by anthracene addition. The total amount of N from the fertilizer taken up by wheat seedings in 16 days was 29 and 26.8% of the added N in the absence and in the presence of anthracene, respectively, but the difference was not significantly different at level P=0.05. In order to investigate more deeply the effect of anthracene on the N cycle in the soil-plant system, the first-order rate constants of N mineralization, N immobilization, nitrification and N plant uptake have been determined according to a 15N + 14N soil-plant model. The comparison of the constants showed that organic N mineralization, nitrification and plant uptake proceeded at the same rate, while a small different rate (P=0.05) was shown by N immobilization. In fact, the N immobilization constant increased from 0.14±0.012 to 0.21±0.014 day−1 as a consequence of anthracene addition.

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    S. Cervelli, F. Di Giovanni & C. Perna

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Cervelli, S., Di Giovanni, F. & Perna, C. Anthracene influence on (15NH4)2SO4 fertilization of wheat seedlings. Water Air Soil Pollut 82, 635–643 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00479416

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