Paper · 1990 · Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Factors influencing phosphorus uptake by plants : The dangers of misinterpretation of foliar phosphorus analysis

A.S. Claassens

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Abstract

Abstract In a solution culture experiment with wheat, the influence of withholding P at early growing stages as well as varying the P supply on the growth and P content were studied. Increasing the P supply caused increasing P concentrations in roots and tops. When P was withheld for short periods after transplanting the seedlings, some deficiency symptoms appeared, which disappeared when P was reapplied at a later stage. Withholding P for only one week caused a restriction in yield which was aggrevated when P was withhold for longer periods. The P content of plants recovered when it was reapplied after a period of withholding P and even became higher than the control which received P throughout the growing period. It was concluded that the P uptake rate was higher when P was applied after a period without P. This higher rate of P uptake and restricted growth caused P to concentrate in the top growth. This could be caused by any factor such as a cold spell, which restricts P uptake, even for a short period. This many have important consequences when attempting to use P analyses for interpreting P availability and the P nutrient status of plants.

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Claims 9

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Increasing P supply increased P concentrations in wheat roots and tops.

Treatment
Increasing the P supplye1
Outcome
P concentrations in roots and topse1
Direction
increasinge1
Setting
solution culturee0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
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e0

“In a solution culture experiment with wheat, the influence of withholding P at early growing stages as well as varying the P supply on the growth and P content were studied”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–181 · show in text ↑
e1

“Increasing the P supply caused increasing P concentrations in roots and tops”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 183–259 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Withholding P for short periods after transplanting caused some deficiency symptoms in wheat.

Treatment
P was withheld for short periods after transplantinge2
Outcome
deficiency symptomse2

Not reportedComparatorDirection

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
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Verbatim

e0

“In a solution culture experiment with wheat, the influence of withholding P at early growing stages as well as varying the P supply on the growth and P content were studied”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–181 · show in text ↑
e2

“When P was withheld for short periods after transplanting the seedlings, some deficiency symptoms appeared, which disappeared when P was reapplied at a later stage”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 261–424 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Deficiency symptoms disappeared when P was reapplied at a later stage.

Treatment
P was reapplied at a later stagee2
Outcome
deficiency symptomse2
Qualifier
disappearede2

Not reportedComparatorDirection

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“In a solution culture experiment with wheat, the influence of withholding P at early growing stages as well as varying the P supply on the growth and P content were studied”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–181 · show in text ↑
e2

“When P was withheld for short periods after transplanting the seedlings, some deficiency symptoms appeared, which disappeared when P was reapplied at a later stage”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 261–424 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Withholding P for one week restricted wheat yield.

Treatment
Withholding P for only one weeke3
Outcome
yielde3
Direction
restrictione3

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“In a solution culture experiment with wheat, the influence of withholding P at early growing stages as well as varying the P supply on the growth and P content were studied”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–181 · show in text ↑
e3

“Withholding P for only one week caused a restriction in yield which was aggrevated when P was withhold for longer periods”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 426–547 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Withholding P for longer periods aggravated the yield restriction in wheat.

Treatment
P was withhold for longer periodse3
Outcome
yielde3
Direction
aggrevatede3

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“In a solution culture experiment with wheat, the influence of withholding P at early growing stages as well as varying the P supply on the growth and P content were studied”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–181 · show in text ↑
e3

“Withholding P for only one week caused a restriction in yield which was aggrevated when P was withhold for longer periods”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 426–547 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

P reapplied after withholding raised P content of wheat plants above the control that received P throughout.

Treatment
reapplied after a period of withholding Pe4
Outcome
P content of plantse4
Direction
became highere4
Comparator
the control which received P throughout the growing periode4

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“In a solution culture experiment with wheat, the influence of withholding P at early growing stages as well as varying the P supply on the growth and P content were studied”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–181 · show in text ↑
e4

“The P content of plants recovered when it was reapplied after a period of withholding P and even became higher than the control which received P throughout the growing period”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 549–723 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

P uptake rate was higher when P was applied after a period without P.

Treatment
P was applied after a period without Pe5
Outcome
P uptake ratee5
Direction
highere5

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“In a solution culture experiment with wheat, the influence of withholding P at early growing stages as well as varying the P supply on the growth and P content were studied”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–181 · show in text ↑
e5

“It was concluded that the P uptake rate was higher when P was applied after a period without P”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 725–819 · show in text ↑
Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Higher P uptake rate and restricted growth caused P to concentrate in the wheat top growth.

Outcome
concentrate in the top growthe6
Qualifier
higher rate of P uptake and restricted growthe6

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“In a solution culture experiment with wheat, the influence of withholding P at early growing stages as well as varying the P supply on the growth and P content were studied”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–181 · show in text ↑
e6

“This higher rate of P uptake and restricted growth caused P to concentrate in the top growth”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 821–913 · show in text ↑
Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultbasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

Foliar P analyses may have important consequences for interpreting P availability and P nutrient status of wheat.

Outcome
interpreting P availability and the P nutrient status of plantse7
Qualifier
important consequencese7

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Triticum aestivum
Triticum aestivum · TaxonRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“In a solution culture experiment with wheat, the influence of withholding P at early growing stages as well as varying the P supply on the growth and P content were studied”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–181 · show in text ↑
e7

“This many have important consequences when attempting to use P analyses for interpreting P availability and the P nutrient status of plants”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1023–1162 · show in text ↑

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