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Plant and Cell Physiology, 1986, Vol. 27, No. 2 187-192
© 1986

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Effect of Sodium Application on Growth of Amaranthus tricolor L.

Toru Matoh, Daisaku Ohta and Eiichi Takahashi

Plant Nutrition Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University Kyoto 606, Japan

Sodium application of 0.5 meq./liter to water-cultured Amaranthus tricolor L. cv. Tricolor plants brought about a three-fold increase in dry matter production compared with those of plants deprived of sodium. This increase was due to sodium itself and not to a supplementary effect of sodium on potassium shortage nor to the accompanying anion. In sodium-sufficient plants, the total nitrogen and potassium contents were lower and calcium, chlorophyll and betacyanin contents were higher than in the deficient plants.

(Received June 18, 1985; Accepted November 18, 1985)
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