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DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE OF AZOLLA‐ANABAENA ASSOCIATIONS TO HIGH TEMPERATURE AND MINUS PHOSPHORUS TREATMENTS
Author(s) -
TUNG H. F.,
WATANABE I.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1983.tb03442.x
Subject(s) - azolla , anabaena , biology , phosphorus , botany , nutrient , phosphorus deficiency , limiting , chlorophyll , nitrogenase , nitrogen fixation , cyanobacteria , horticulture , agronomy , chemistry , ecology , mechanical engineering , genetics , organic chemistry , bacteria , engineering
SUMMARY The response of Azolla species to high temperature and minus phosphorus (– P) treatments was investigated. Azolla filiculoides was judged the most sensitive to high temperature on the basis of its growth, acetylene reduction activity (ARA), losses in chlorophyll and protein content. The temperature‐tolerant strains like A. pinnata (Cheng Mai and Pu Tiang Zhu) and A. microphylla showed good growth and no senescence even after 6 weeks at 37/29°C provided that plant density was controlled and nutrients were not limiting. The – P treatment reduced both growth and N 2 ‐fixation in the Azolla plants. Its effect was greater on N 2 ‐fixation as measured by ARA, than on growth in the first week of culture in a P‐deficient medium. High temperature did not hasten or enhance the appearance of P deficiency symptoms. A lower endogenous P content was needed to induce physiological disorder in A. pinnata than in A. mexicana and A. microphylla.