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The influence of various nitrogen (N) and sulphur (S) forms on the uptake of manganese (Mn) in young spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L cv Golf) plants was examined in both a hydroponic system and in a soil-based system. The soil was a typical Danish Mn-deficient soil viz. a sandy loam soil developed on old marine sediments. Plants growing in solution culture with NO −3 as the only N source had a higher Mn uptake than plants receiving mixtures of NO −3 and NH +4 . These findings were opposite to the results obtained in the soil-based experiments, where plants fertilized with NO −3 as the only N source accumulated much less Mn than plants fertilized with NH +4 . Combining the results of these experiments confirmed that NH +4 acted as a powerful antagonist to Mn2+ during uptake but that this antagonistic effect was more than compensated for by the influence of NH +4 in reducing plant-unavailable Mn(IV) to plant-available Mn(II) in the soil. Furthermore the soil experiments showed that fertilizers containing sulphur in the form of reduced S (thiosulphate) had a strong mobilizing effect on Mn, and enabled the plants to accumulate large amounts of Mn in the biomass compared with oxidized S (sulphate). Thus, fertilization with thiosulphate may be very effective in alleviating Mn-deficiency in soils developed on old marine sediments where Mn availability is limiting plant growth.
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Husted, S., Thomsen, M.U., Mattsson, M. et al. Influence of nitrogen and sulphur form on manganese acquisition by barley (shape Hordeum vulgare). Plant Soil 268, 309–317 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-004-0317-1
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