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GrainGenes Reference Report: PEN-26-1431

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Reference	PEN-26-1431
Title	Influence of nitrogen source and concentration on nitrogen isotopic discrimination in two barley genotypes (Hordeum vulgare L.)
Journal	Plant, Cell and Environment
Year	2000
Volume	26
Pages	1431-1440
Author	Kolb KJ Evans RD
Abstract	Summary: The occurrence of nitrogen isotope discrimination with absorption and assimilation of nitrate (NO3) and ammonium (NH4+) was investigated using two genotypes of barley, Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Steptoe and Az12 : Az70, the latter of which lacks the characterized nitrate reductase isozymes. Plants were grown under two situations: a closed system with limited nitrogen or an open system with unlimited nitrogen, to elucidate the conditions and processes that influence discrimination. There was no discrimination observed for Az12 : Az70 when supplied with limited nitrogen. Discrimination was observed for Steptoe seedlings at high external NO3 concentrations, but not with low NO3 when assimilation is probably rapid and complete. The same pattern was observed for Steptoe when NH4+ was supplied; indicating that for both nitrogen forms discrimination is dependent upon the presence of the assimilatory enzyme and the external concentration. The implications of this study are that both internal (assimilatory enzyme distribution) and external (source concentration) factors may have a larger impact on tissue delta15N than the form of nitrogen utilized. This suggests that tissue delta15N may not always be a reliable indicator of a plant's integrated nitrogen nutrition
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