Estudo do processo de redução de nitrato durante o desenvolvimento inicial e no estagio reprodutivo de plantas de cafe (coffea arabica L.)

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

1987

RESUMO

The distribution of the "n vivo" nitrate reductase activity in leaves and roots of young coffee plants and in leaves of adult plants during the reproductive stage were studied. The young plants were cultivated in sand irrigated with nutrient solution in the greenhouse. The adult plants were cultivated in hydroponics, in ambient conditions. The modified assay of the "in vivo" root nitrate reductase showed higher values of activity when the tissues were incubated in 0.1 M phosphate buffer, pH 8.0, and 50 mM KNO3, under continuous N2 bubbling, in the dark. With this procedure enzyme activity was 7,5 times higher compared with the control without N2. Young sections reduced nitrate 2.4 times more efficientely than mature sections, independentely of the stage of development of the plant. In young plants, the activity of nitrate reductase in both roots and leaves decreased during the light period and increased in the dark. The observed inhibition of nitrate reduction under illumination apparentely was not due to limitation of photosyntesis and nitrate availability, and suggested that the nitrate reductase reaction would utilize metabolic energy derived from the oxidation of carbohydrate pools. In the dark, nitrate reduction was higher in the roots than in the leaves, the pattern being reversed in the light. ...Note: The complete abstract is available with the full electronic digital thesis or dissertations.

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cafe - pesquisa nitratos compostos nitrogenicos

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