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Plant Physiology 63:1143-1148 (1979)
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Estimation of Potassium Recirculation in Tomato Plants by Comparison of the Rates of Potassium and Calcium Accumulation in the Tops with Their Fluxes in the Xylem Stream

Michael J. Armstrong and Ernest A. Kirkby1

a Department of Plant Sciences, The University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT England

A procedure to estimate the extent of K recirculation in plants is proposed. This is based on the ratio of the upward fluxes of K to Ca in the xylem sap from root to shoot with the ratio of K to Ca accumulation in plant tops.

In a preliminary investigation the factors influencing the K to Ca ratio in the xylem sap were considered. Tomato plants were grown at three levels of K nutrition and harvested at different times during the 24-hour day period. It was shown that the K to Ca ratio in xylem sap changed dramatically depending on the time of sap collection after decapitation, the values falling from over 2 to less than unity over the 4-hour period of collection. Diurnal effects on exudation were less marked but also of significance. The level of K nutrition was of little importance. It is suggested that a representative xylem sap from tomato plants can best be obtained from samples taken between 15 and 60 minutes after decapitation.

In a second experiment K recirculation was estimated. At nine harvesting stages over a 24-hour period the K to Ca ratio in the xylem sap was invariably higher than the K to Ca ratio of accumulation in the tops over the same period. From this information it was calculated that about 20% of the upward flux of K in the xylem stream resulted from recirculated K.

1 To whom requests for reprints should be addressed.




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