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ear development
maturation
shooting
flowering
seedlings
tillering
Dynamic of biomass development and
total uptake of nutrients by plants
P, Ca, Mg
Growing period
Removal of nutrients by agricultural crops and
vegetables (kg.ha-1)
Plant Yield N P K Ca Mg
(t.ha-1)
Wheat total 5 125 26 100 21 12
grain 95 20 25 - 6
Sugar total 40 176 28 188 10 34
beet roots 64 12 84 8 12
Potatoes total 30 150 26 198 108 27
tubers 75 14 105 63 7
White cabbage 70 228 42 166 196 21
Lettuce 10 23 5 35 14 2
Schematic growing curve and nutrient removal by carrot
May June July Aug. Sept.
100 %
DryPřibývání
matter development
sušiny 80 %
AAvtotal
celku
A
BBvleaves
listech 25 %
B 30 % 30 %
CCvroots
kořenech 6%
15 % 12 %
C
-1
Yield t.ha-1
of 30 t.ha
Sklizeň
odebírá z půdy 13 %
70 %
2% 10 % 50 %
25 %
-1
N- 95 kg.ha 85 %
100 %
1% 4% 25%
P- 17,6 kg.ha
-1 85 %
100 %
5%
2% 25 %
-1 80 %
K - 124,5 kg.ha
100 %
1% 2%
-1 12 % 50 %
Ca - 85,7 kg.ha
100 %
Nutrient uptake
100 100
cm cm
160 60
Diagrammatic representation of a longitudinal section
of tobacco root tip showing the spatial relations and
order of maturation of different tissues
Rhizosphere
Thin layer of the soil surrounding plant roots
Specific environment supporting uptake of
ions by plant roots
Changing mobility of pollutants
Providing substrate for microbes to mobilize
or immobilize elements
Main functions in rhizosphere
MICROBIAL POPULATION (M.O.)
EXUDATES
( sugars, organic acids, amino acids,
Number of M.O. phytosiderophores)
typically one order of
magnitude higher
Microbial
activity
10-40% of total net C assimilation
Root
Biochemical reactor
H
1 2 [mm]
mm CH O C
2 C H C O CH
O C O 2
CH N O CH
2 2
pH M NH
up to 2 units CH OH O C H
2
Major controlling factor:
CH C O
N supply 2
The development of phosphorus depletion zones
in the rhizosphere of rape (Kuchenbuch, 1982)
Mycorrhizas
stomatal pores
interlayer space
mesophyll walls
plasmalema
chloroplast membrane
stroma
H, O as H2O
by transpiration
A Cluster of Pigment Molecules
Basic pathway of photosynthesis
Light dependent and light independent reactions
The Major Path of Electron Flow During the
Light-Dependent Reactions
C4 metabolism
Effects of atmospheric CO2 enrichment on CO2
fixation in sugar-beet leaves
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