Abstract
Two days after exposure of roots to15N labeled N2, partitioning of biologically fixed N into leaves, stems, peduncles, pods, roots and nodules was measured in the early pod development stage of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.). The experimental objective was to determine the quantity of biologically fixed N that is incorporated into vegetative tissue before being mobilized to pods. For the three varieties of cowpea included in the experiment a maximum of 50% of the N, biologically fixed two days earlier, was contained in the pods. The remaining N was distributed throughout the vegetative portion of the plant with at least 30% in stems and leaves which indicates that much of the newly fixed N must cycle through a N pool in these tissues before reaching the pods.
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Douglas, L.A., Weaver, R.W. Partitioning of biologically fixed nitrogen in cowpea during pod development. Plant Soil 116, 129–131 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02327269
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02327269