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ReviewFrontiers in plant science2014

Nitrate dynamics in natural plants: insights based on the concentration and natural isotope abundances of tissue nitrate.

Xue-Yan Liu, Keisuke Koba, Akiko Makabe, Cong-Qiang Liu

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Review in Frontiers in plant science, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Transcriptome Analysis and Intraspecific Variation in Spanish Fir (International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  7. Nitrate is an important nitrogen source for Arctic tundra plants.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018
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4 authors.

Xue-Yan LiuState Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Guiyang, China ; Department of Environmental Science on Biosphere, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Fuchu, Japan.
Keisuke KobaDepartment of Environmental Science on Biosphere, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Fuchu, Japan.
Akiko MakabeDepartment of Environmental Science on Biosphere, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Fuchu, Japan.
Cong-Qiang LiuState Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Guiyang, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The dynamics of nitrate (NO(-) 3), a major nitrogen (N) source for natural plants, has been studied mostly through experimental N addition, enzymatic assay, isotope labeling, and genetic expression. However, artificial N supply may not reasonably reflect the N strategies in natural plants because NO(-) 3 uptake and reduction may vary with external N availability. Due to abrupt application and short operation time, field N addition, and isotopic labeling hinder the elucidation of in situ NO(-) 3-use mechanisms. The concentration and natural isotopes of tissue NO(-) 3 can offer insights into the plant NO(-) 3 sources and dynamics in a natural context. Furthermore, they facilitate the exploration of plant NO(-) 3 utilization and its interaction with N pollution and ecosystem N cycles without disturbing the N pools. The present study was conducted to review the application of the denitrifier method for concentration and isotope analyses of NO(-) 3 in plants. Moreover, this study highlights the utility and advantages of these parameters in interpreting NO(-) 3 sources and dynamics in natural plants. We summarize the major sources and reduction processes of NO(-) 3 in plants, and discuss the implications of NO(-) 3 concentration in plant tissues based on existing data. Particular emphasis was laid on the regulation of soil NO(-) 3 and plant ecophysiological functions in interspecific and intra-plant NO(-) 3 variations. We introduce N and O isotope systematics of NO(-) 3 in plants and discuss the principles and feasibilities of using isotopic enrichment and fractionation factors; the correlation between concentration and isotopes (N and O isotopes: δ(18)O and Δ(17)O); and isotope mass-balance calculations to constrain sources and reduction of NO(-) 3 in possible scenarios for natural plants are deliberated. Finally, we offer a preliminary framework of intraplant δ(18)O-NO(-) 3 variation, and summarize the uncertainties in using tissue NO(-) 3 parameters to interpret plant NO(-) 3 utilization.

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atmospheric nitratedenitrifier methodisotopic enrichmentisotopic fractionationnitrate reductaseoxygen isotopeplant nitratesoil nitrogen availability

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