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Simultaneous and intermittent measurement of K, Ca and NO3-ion absorption by intact bean plants was made under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Anaerobiosis was found to have a more direct and pronounced effect on K-ion absorption rather than NO3 ion. Significant ionic efflux (particularly of K ion) occurred in anaerobic condition. This was explained on the basis of direct effect of ATP-ase on cation absorption by inducing an electrochemical and pH gradient. No effect, however, has been found on the rate of Ca ion absorption due to anaerobiosis.
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Datta, S.C. Simultaneous and intermittent measurement of K, Ca and NO3-ion absorption by intact bean plant (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in aerobic and anaerobic condition. Plant Soil 84, 193–199 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02143183
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