DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATIONS OF POTASSIUM AND CALCIUM IN DIFFERENT CROSS-SECTIONS OF PICEA-ABIES (L) KARST NEEDLES AND FAGUS-SYLVATICA (L) LEAVES EXPOSED TO OZONE AND MILD WATER-STRESS
D. Lethiec et al., DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATIONS OF POTASSIUM AND CALCIUM IN DIFFERENT CROSS-SECTIONS OF PICEA-ABIES (L) KARST NEEDLES AND FAGUS-SYLVATICA (L) LEAVES EXPOSED TO OZONE AND MILD WATER-STRESS, Annales des Sciences Forestieres, 52(5), 1995, pp. 411-422
Two clones of 8-year-old Norway spruce trees, and beech trees, planted
directly into the soil in open-top chambers, were exposed to elevated
ozone concentrations and subjected to a mild soil drought stress. The
nutrient partitioning and intertreatment differences in nutrient leve
ls were studied. in elevated ozone, both clones had increased potassiu
m and calcium levels, whereas in beech, ozone-treated trees had decrea
sed potassium levels. Drought caused decreases in these nutrients for
all species. The effect of combining the 2 stresses was more complex,
however, and the previously observed effects were not obtained in all
cell tissues. Furthermore, they showed both interspecific and interclo
nal differences. The hypothesis that ozone affects the root nutrition
and cell membrane permeability is discussed.