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Journal of Arid Land
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Tolerance to Zn deficiency and P-Zn interaction in wheat seedlings cultured in chelator-buffered solutions
WenXuan MAI, XiaoHong TIAN, Willam Jeffery GALE, XiWen YANG, XinChun LU
1 College of Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; 2 Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; 3 Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Abstract  Zinc deficiency is a common constraint for wheat production in the regions with limited precipitation, particularly in the regions with high levels of available phosphate (P) in soil. Two experiments were conducted using chelator-buffered nutrient solutions to characterize differences in tolerance to Zn deficiency among three winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes and to investigate the relationship between P and Zn nutrition in wheat species. Four indices, Zn efficiency, relative shoot-to-root ratio, total Zn uptake in shoot, and shoot dry weight were used to compare the tolerance to Zn deficiency among three wheat genotypes. The results indicated that the four indices could be used in breeding selection for Zn uptake-efficient genotypes. The genotype H6712 was the most tolerant to Zn deficient, followed by M19, and then X13. Specifically, H6712 had the highest Zn uptake efficiency among the three genotypes. The addition of P to the growth medium increased Zn uptake and translocation from roots to shoots. Total Zn content of the wheat plant was 43% higher with 0.6 mmol/L P treatment than that of control with 0 mmol /L P treatment. The Zn translocation ratios from roots to shoots were increased by 16% and 26% with 0.6 mmol/L P treatment and 3 mmol/L P treatment, respectively, compared with 0 mmol/L P treatment. In contrast, high Zn concentrations in the growth medium inhibited P translocation from roots to shoots, but the inhibitive effects were not strong. Sixty-six percent of P taken up by wheat plants was translocated to the wheat shoots at 0 μmol/L Zn treatment, while the percent was 60% at 3 μmol/L Zn treatment. The result may be due to the fact that the wheat plants need more P than Zn.

Key wordsungauged catchment      water resources assessment      rainfall      runoff      lumped models      Nile Basin      Africa     
Received: 19 January 2011      Published: 07 September 2011
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WenXuan MAI, XiaoHong TIAN, Willam Jeffery GALE, XiWen YANG, XinChun LU. Tolerance to Zn deficiency and P-Zn interaction in wheat seedlings cultured in chelator-buffered solutions. Journal of Arid Land, 2011, 3(3): 206-213.

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http://jal.xjegi.com/10.3724/SP.J.1227.2011.00206     OR     http://jal.xjegi.com/Y2011/V3/I3/206

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