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A nitrogen addition regime is described for growth of barley to maturation in N-limited solution culture. In 3 cultivars of barley, growth, nitrogen partitioning and nitrate uptake properties were studied every 14 days. The three cultivars differed from each other in partitioning of biomass and nitrogen between different plant parts, but the nitrate uptake properties were very similar. An ontogeny-linked decline in nitrate uptake capacity was observed, and could be explained by a decreased contribution of the root to total biomass production.
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Mattsson, M., Larsson, M., Lundborg, T., Larsson, CM. (1990). Uptake and partitioning of nitrogen in nitrogen-limited barley: Dependence of age and genotype. In: El Bassam, N., Dambroth, M., Loughman, B.C. (eds) Genetic Aspects of Plant Mineral Nutrition. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 42. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2053-8_6
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