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Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2006

Nutrient acquisition from different soil depths by pedunculate oak

Göransson, Hans; Rosengren, Ulrika; Wallander, Håkan; Fransson, Ann-Mari; Thelin, Gunnar

Abstract

Eight oak trees (Quercus robur L.) received P-32 at a soil depth of 50 cm and P-33 at a soil depth of 15 cm at the end of June 2002 through plastic tubes inserted into the mineral soil. The phosphorus uptake from different soil depths was estimated by analysing the concentration of P-32 and P-33 in the foliage of oak growing in a mixed stand in southern Sweden. P-32 and P-33 were recovered in the leaves/needles after 21 and 39 days. The recovery of labelled P in oak was higher from 15 cm soil depth than from 50 cm, however, more than 4% of the total amount of labelled P was taken up from 50 cm. This indicates that oak can utilize deep soil layers for nutrient uptake. A study on the uptake of Cs (as an analogue to K) and N-15 into the leaves was performed on the same trees and detectable amounts of N-15 and Cs were recovered in leaves and buds. This indicates that N-15 and Cs can be used to study nutrient uptake of mature trees from the mineral soil.

Keywords

nutrient uptake; P-32/P-33; nutrient sustainability; Quercus robur

Published in

Trees - Structure and Function
2006, volume: 20, number: 3, pages: 292-298
Publisher: SPRINGER

Authors' information

Göransson, Hans
Lund University
Rosengren, Ulrika
Lund University
Wallander, Håkan
Lund University
Fransson, Ann-Mari
Lund University
Thelin, Gunnar
Lund University

UKÄ Subject classification

Soil Science
Forest Science

Publication Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-005-0034-2

URI (permanent link to this page)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/51822