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Effect of moisture stress on metabolic products and ions accumulation

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Estimations of the metabolic products and accumulated ions were made at the different stages of development of a number of native and introduced plant species grown under different conditions of moisture stress corresponding to different levels of water supply equivalent to 125, 200, 275 and 350 mm.

The increase in moisture stress favours the increase in total available carbohydrates and total nitrogen. With deficiency in soil moisture the majority of accumulated ions (K, Na, Ca, Mg, and Cl) increases and a minority (P and Fe) decreases. The sum of total ions accumulated in the plant tissues increases with decrease in soil moisture and rise in moisture stress. This is accompanied by accumulation of more salts in the cell sap and the consequent rise in osmotic pressure.

The nutritive value as determined by total available carbohydrates, total nitrogen, Ca, Mg, and P contents is highly influenced by soil moisture conditions. Plants subjected to higher moisture tension are richer in total nitrogen, total available carbohydrates. calcium, and magnesium, and poorer in phosphorus content. The total nutritive value is not only determined by the percentage of these constituents but also by the dry matter production per plant, the latter is greatly suppressed with deficiency in soil moisture.

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Abdel Rahman, A.A., Shalaby, A.F. & El Monayeri, M.O. Effect of moisture stress on metabolic products and ions accumulation. Plant Soil 34, 65–90 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01372762

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