Nitrogen supply controls vegetative growth, biomass and nitrogen allocation for grapevine (cv. Shiraz) grown in pots
Aurélie Metay A E , Jessica Magnier B D , Nicolas Guilpart B C and Angélique Christophe D E
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A Montpellier Supagro, UMR System, bat 27, 2 place Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 2, France.
B INRA, UMR System, bat 27, 2 place Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 2, France.
C I.F.V, Rodilhan, Pôle Rhône-Méditerranée, Domaine de Donadille, 30230 Rodilhan, France.
D INRA, UMR 759 LEPSE, bat 7, 2 place Viala, 34060 Montpellier cedex 2, France.
E Corresponding authors. Email: metay@supagro.inra.fr; christop@supagro.inra.fr
Functional Plant Biology 42(1) 105-114 https://doi.org/10.1071/FP14062
Submitted: 24 February 2014 Accepted: 18 July 2014 Published: 18 September 2014
Abstract
Maintaining grapevine productivity with limited inputs is crucial in Mediterranean areas. Apart from water, nitrogen (N) is also an important limiting factor in grape growing. The effects of N deficiency on grapevine growth were investigated in this study. Two-year-old Vitis vinifera L.cv. Shiraz plants grafted on 110 R were grown in pots placed outside and exposed to various N supplies (0, 0.6, 1.2, 2.4 and 12 g plant–1) under well-watered conditions. At veraison, plants were harvested and organs separately dried, weighed and analysed for N. During plant growth, the length of the primary and secondary axes and the number of leaves on them were recorded. The N content of leaves was also analysed at three phenological stages (flowering, bunch closure and veraison). All growth processes were inhibited by N deficiency in an intensity-dependent manner. Quantitative relationships with N supply were established. Vegetative growth responded negatively to N stress when comparing control N supply with no N supply: primary axis elongation (–61%), leaf emergence on the primary axis (–47%), leaf emergence on the secondary axis (–94%) and lamina area expansion (–45%). Significant differences on the plant N status were observed from flowering onwards which might be useful for managing fertilisation.
Additional keywords: biomass allocation, nitrogen stress, modelling.
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