Journal of Tropical Soils
Vol 15, No 3: September 2010

Effect of NaCl-Stress on Metabolism of NO3-, NH4+ and NO2- at Several Rice Varieties

M Zulman Harja Utama (Department of Agronomy Faculty of Agriculture, Tamansiswa University, West Sumatra. INDONESIA, Jl. Tamansiswa No. 9 Padang 25136.)



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Publish Date
11 Apr 2018

Abstract

Effect of NaCl-Stress on  Metabolism of NO3-, NH4+  and NO2- at Several Rice Varieties (MZH Utama):  This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of NaCl-stress on metabolism of  NO3-, NH4+  and NO2-  at several rice varieties.  The results showed that an addition of  NaCl had lesser effect on NaCl-tolerant varieties as compared to NaCl-sensitive in term of reduction in NO3-, NH4+,  and NO2- uptake. Rice adaptation ability to NaCl stress occurred through the mechanism of NO3-, NH4+, and N02- metabolism physiology. It was  indicated by the difference concentration of NO3-, NH4+ and N02- between the tolerant (Cisadane), moderate (Batang Lembang, Rendah Kuning, and Batang Piaman) and sensitive (IR 66) varieties. Concentration of NH4+ and N02-  of tolerant rice (Cisadane) at NaCl treatment were about 1.16 and 2.6 times higher than that at control, respectively, while concentration of NO3- was only 0.03 times lower than control.  In contrast, concentration of NO3-, NH4+, and N02- of sensitive rice (IR 66), were about 0.09, 0.27, and 0.41 times lower than that in control respecting at NaCl treatment, respectively.

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Abbrev

tropicalsoil

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Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Environmental Science

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Journal of Tropical Soils (JTS) publishes all aspects in the original research of soil science (soil physic and soil conservation, soil mineralogy, soil chemistry and soil fertility, soil biology and soil biochemical, soil genesis and classification, land survey and land evaluation, land development ...