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Plants grown for two weeks in high-bicarbonate nutrient solution with iron became chlorotic, absorbed less iron, and translocated a lower percentage of absorbed iron than did green plants grown under low bicarbonate with iron. Chlorotic plants, pretreated in low-bicarbonate solutions lacking iron, absorbed more iron and translocated a higher percentage to leaves than the green plants.
Plants induced to chlorosis by high bicarbonate absorbed less iron after transfer to low-bicarbonate solution containing iron than did chlorotic plants pretreated with low-carbonate solution lacking iron.
Initial localization of iron occurred in the roots. A considerable amount of the iron initially found on the roots was translocated to developing shoots over a nine-week period unless the plants were grown in high bicarbonate solutions. More iron was translocated from roots of plants in minus-iron solutions following initial absorption than when iron was supplied in the nutrient solutions.
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Journal Series Paper736. University of Georgia, College of Agriculture Experiment Stations, College Station, Athens, Ga. 30601.
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Rutland, R.B., Bukovac, M.J. The effect of calcium bicarbonate on iron absorption and distribution byChrysanthemum morifolium, (Ram.). Plant Soil 35, 225–236 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01372653
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