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Interactive effect of sulfur and nitrogen on nitrate reductase and ATP-sulfurylase activities in relation to seed yield fromPsoralea corylifolia L.

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Field experiments were conducted to determine the interactive effect of sulfur (S) and nitrogen (N) applications on seed yield fromPsoralea corylifolia L. Six treatments were tested: T1 = control (without manure and fertilizers), T2 = manure @ 9 kg plot-1 (10 t ha-1), T3 = S0 N20 Ko P40, T4 = S20 N20 K40 P40, T5 = S20+20 N20 K40 P40, and T6 = S20+20 N20+20 K40P40. Activities of nitrate reductase (NR) and ATP-sulfurylase in the leaves were measured at various phenological stages. These two enzymes catalyze the rate-limiting steps in the respective assimilatory pathways for nitrate and sulfate. Enzyme activity was strongly correlated with seed yield, with the greatest performance being achieved with treatment T5. This might be attributed to the optimization of leaf soluble protein and photosynthetic rate, both of which are influenced by S and N assimilation.

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  1. Centre for Transgenic Plant Development, Department of Biotechnology, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), 110 062, New Delhi, India

    Saif Ahmad, Inayat Saleem Fazli, Arshad Jamal & Malik Zainul Abdin

  2. Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 01605, Worcester, MA, USA

    Saif Ahmad

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 77030, Houston, TX, USA

    Inayat Saleem Fazli

  4. National Horticultural Research Institute, RDA, 441-440, Suwon, Korea

    Arshad Jamal

  5. Department of Botany, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), 110 062, New Delhi, India

    Mohd Iqbal

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Ahmad, S., Fazli, I.S., Jamal, A. et al. Interactive effect of sulfur and nitrogen on nitrate reductase and ATP-sulfurylase activities in relation to seed yield fromPsoralea corylifolia L.. J. Plant Biol. 50, 351–357 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03030666

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