Plant Soil Environ., 2006, 52(2):72-77 | DOI: 10.17221/3348-PSE

Sulphur supply to peas (Pisum sativum L.) influences symbiotic N2 fixation

H.W. Scherer, S. Pacyna, N. Manthey, M. Schulz
Agricultural Faculty of the University of Bonn, Germany

In a pot experiment (culture substrate: perlite with a granulometric composition 0-3 mm) with peas (Pisum sativum L.) we studied the influence of sulphur supply on S and N concentrations, yield formation, symbiotic N2 fixation and available amounts of glucose and sucrose. Under S deficiency conditions S and N concentrations as well as the amounts of glucose and sucrose in shoots and nodules were significantly reduced. We assume that the reduced amounts of available photosynthate with suboptimal S supply could become limiting to energy production and as carbon skeletons for ammonia assimilation, and therefore cause a lower N2 fixation and a reduced yield formation.

Keywords: peas; sulphur supply; carbohydrates; symbiotic N2 fixation

Published: February 28, 2006  Show citation

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Scherer HW, Pacyna S, Manthey N, Schulz M. Sulphur supply to peas (Pisum sativum L.) influences symbiotic N2 fixation. Plant Soil Environ.. 2006;52(2):72-77. doi: 10.17221/3348-PSE.
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