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Young Norway spruce trees were grown in 94 pots (2 per pot) on soil substrate derived from granite with low Mg saturation and were fertilized with different amounts of NH4NO3 (in total 25, 61, and 97 kmol N ha-1) over a period of four years, partly at an experimental station, partly at a high-elevation site in the Bavarian Forest. A fourth set of trees received 9.4 kmol Mg ha-1 in addition to 25 kmol N. Depending on the treatment, needle chlorosis developed in the course of the experiment. Improved light conditions after three years accelerated the yellowing process. The chlorotic Norway spruce trees showed a severe Mg deficiency and an imbalanced N:Mg ratio. The shoot length increment, the stem diameter, and the needle weights however were not influenced by the fertilization. Excessive applications of NH4NO3caused the substrate to become depleted of Mg. The successful experimental induction of the characteristic tip yellowing of older needles of Norway spruce growing on acidic soils at higher altitudes allowed hypotheses on the causes and processes of this type of forest decline to be tested.
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Kölling, C., Pauli, B., Häberle, KH. et al. Magnesium deficiency in young Norway spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) trees induced by NH4NO3 application. Plant and Soil 195, 283–291 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004291200514
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