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The effect of phosphorus deficiency on nutrient uptake, nitrogen fixation and photosynthetic rate in mashbean, mungbean and soybean

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Phosphorous (P) fertilization is the major mineral nutrient yield determinant among legume crops. However, legume crops vary widely in the ability to take up and use P during deficiency. The aim here was to compare P uptake and translocation, biological nitrogen fixing ability and photosynthetic rate among mashbean (Vigna aconitifolia cv. ‘Mash-88’), mungbean (Vigna radiata cv. ‘Moong-6601’) and soybean (Glycine max L. cv. ‘Tamahomare’) during deficiency in hydroponics. Two treatments, the withdrawal of P from the solution (P-deprivation) and continued P at 160 μM (P sufficient) were effected at the pod initiation stage. Plants were grown for 20 days. Short-term labeling with 32P showed the uptake and distribution of P into plant parts. Withdrawal of P from the solution reduced biomass, photosynthetic activity, and nitrogen fixing ability in mungbean, and mashbean more than in soybean. P deprivation decreased P accumulation more than N accumulation. The decrease was more severe in mungbean and mashbean than soybean. More P was translocated and distributed into leaves in soybean than in mungbean and mashbean. Leaf P amount was more correlated to leaf area than to photosynthetic rate per unit leaf area among all three legume species. The results indicate that selection for increased efficiency of P utilization and leaf area may be used to improve leguminous crops.

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  1. Graduate School of Biosphere Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi Hiroshima, 739-8528, Japan

    Muhammad Iqbal Chaudhary, Hirofumi Saneoka, Nguyen Tran Nguyen, Ryuichi Suwa, Shynsuke Kanai, Hany A. El-Shemy & Kounosuke Fujita

  2. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Wagramer Strasse 5, 400, Vienna, Austria

    Joseph J. Adu-Gyamfi

  3. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt

    Hany A. El-Shemy

  4. Center for Excellence in Soybean Research, Teaching and Outreach, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, 62901, USA

    Hany A. El-Shemy & David A. Lightfoot

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Chaudhary, M.I., Adu-Gyamfi, J.J., Saneoka, H. et al. The effect of phosphorus deficiency on nutrient uptake, nitrogen fixation and photosynthetic rate in mashbean, mungbean and soybean. Acta Physiol Plant 30, 537–544 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-008-0152-8

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