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Impact of CO2 Enrichment and Variable Nitrogen Supplies on Composition and Partitioning of Essential Nutrients of Wheat

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Biologia Plantarum

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This study was conducted to determine effects of nitrogen supply (75 and 150 kg(N) ha−1) and CO2 enrichment on partitioning of macro and micro nutrients in wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. HD-2285). Plants were grown from seedling emergence to maturity inside open top chambers under ambient CO2 (CA, 350 ± 50 μmol mol−1) and elevated CO2 (CE, 600 ± 50 μmol mol−1). Leaves, stems and roots of the same physiological age were analyzed for carbon, nitrogen, calcium, copper, iron, zinc and manganese content at 40, 60 and 90 d after germination. C, Cu, Mn and Zn content was higher in the stem, leaves and roots on dry mass basis under CE than CA. However, N and Fe contents decreased in CE grown plants. Ca content was unaffected due to CE and variable N supplies.

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  1. Division of Plant Physiology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India

    Madan Pal, L.S. Rao, V. Jain & U.K. Sengupta

  2. Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, RS Pura, Jammu, India

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Pal, M., Rao, L., Srivastava, A. et al. Impact of CO2 Enrichment and Variable Nitrogen Supplies on Composition and Partitioning of Essential Nutrients of Wheat. Biologia Plantarum 47, 227–231 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:BIOP.0000022256.60122.fc

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