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Plant Physiol. 1978 Cataldo 563 5
Plant Physiol. 1978 Cataldo 563 5
Nickel in Plants
I. UPTAKE KINETICS USING INTACT SOYBEAN SEEDLINGS1
Received for publication February 27, 1978 and in revised form June 12, 1978
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TIME (MIN) Ni CONCENTRATION (pjM)
FIG. 1. Desorption of Ni2" from intact roots. Nickel accumulated by FIG. 2. Effect of nickel concentration on uptake by 21-day-old intact
15-day-old soybean plants for 2 hr from 1.0 FM solutions. Efflux solution soybeans. Isotherms represent uptake rate for whole plant and rate for
contained either 0.5 mm CaC12, nutrient solution, or 15 ,UM NiC12. transfer from root to shoot.
Plant Physiol. Vol. 62, 1978 NICKEL IN PLANTS. I 565
Table I. Kinetic constants for nickel uptake by roots Table II. Effect of nutrient cations on the uptake
and shoots of 21-day-old intact soybean plants. of nickel by 15-day-old soybean plants