Effects of fluoride and acidity on early plant growth

Autor: J. N. B. Bell, J.M. Horner
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 52:205-211
ISSN: 0167-8809
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8809(94)00533-k
Popis: Interactions between acidity and fluoride on early growth of Lolium perenne (cultivar S23) and Triticum aestivum (cultivar ‘Perinarth’) were assessed by simple solution culture and pot experiments. Culture solution experiments demonstrated a synergistic interaction between acidity and fluoride. It is suggested that this occurred because fluoride is in non-ionic form at low pH, hence more readily taken up by cell membranes. Pot trials showed a significant effect of fluoride in two artificial soil mixtures, but no effect of simulated acid rain or any interaction. This probably reflected the buffering and fluoride fixation capacities of the soils used.
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