Comparative movement of labelled nitrogen and zinc in 1-year-old peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] trees following late-season foliar application

Late in the season, a double-labelled solution containing 15N-enriched urea and 68Zn sulphate was painted on the entire leaf area of 15, 1-year-old ‘O’Henry/Nemaguard’ peach trees to quantify N and Zn movement out of leaves following foliar application, and redistribution of these nutrients to new g...

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Autores principales: Sanchez, Enrique Eduardo, Weinbaum, Steven A., Johnson, R. Scott
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/21788
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14620316.2006.11512147
https://doi.org/10.1080/14620316.2006.11512147
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description Late in the season, a double-labelled solution containing 15N-enriched urea and 68Zn sulphate was painted on the entire leaf area of 15, 1-year-old ‘O’Henry/Nemaguard’ peach trees to quantify N and Zn movement out of leaves following foliar application, and redistribution of these nutrients to new growth in the following Spring. About 47% of the labelled N and only 7% of the labelled Zn painted on the leaf surfaces was recovered in the permanent structure of the trees after leaf fall. Thus, it is concluded that foliar applications of Zn in the Autumn are not very efficient at supplying Zn to peach trees, especially when compared to supplying N as urea sprays in the Autumn. These data raise the possibility that foliar applications of Zn may actually be considered as soil applications, because 90% or more of the foliar-applied Zn may be carried to the orchard floor at the time of leaf fall. Therefore, future research needs to focus on assessing the efficacy of foliar applications for Zn nutrition of fruit trees, and identification of potentially detrimental effects from possible excessive soil accumulation of Zn. Once within the tree, however, labelled Zn was quite mobile and was stored throughout the plant, including in the roots. Of the labelled N and Zn exported from treated leaves prior to leaf fall, a substantial redistribution from storage was evident by 2 weeks after bloom and, by 4 weeks after bloom, 38% and 56% of the labelled N and Zn, respectively, had been redistributed from storage in roots, trunk and 1-year-old shoots to new growth. The biomass of new, above-ground growth tripled between 2 – 4 weeks after bloom and was coincident with a conspicuous influx of both N and Zn from the soil.
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spelling INTA217882025-03-21T14:30:05Z Comparative movement of labelled nitrogen and zinc in 1-year-old peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] trees following late-season foliar application Sanchez, Enrique Eduardo Weinbaum, Steven A. Johnson, R. Scott Nutrición de las Plantas Aplicación Foliar Nitrógeno Cinc Durazno Prunus persica Plant Nutrition Foliar Application Nitrogen Zinc Peaches Late in the season, a double-labelled solution containing 15N-enriched urea and 68Zn sulphate was painted on the entire leaf area of 15, 1-year-old ‘O’Henry/Nemaguard’ peach trees to quantify N and Zn movement out of leaves following foliar application, and redistribution of these nutrients to new growth in the following Spring. About 47% of the labelled N and only 7% of the labelled Zn painted on the leaf surfaces was recovered in the permanent structure of the trees after leaf fall. Thus, it is concluded that foliar applications of Zn in the Autumn are not very efficient at supplying Zn to peach trees, especially when compared to supplying N as urea sprays in the Autumn. These data raise the possibility that foliar applications of Zn may actually be considered as soil applications, because 90% or more of the foliar-applied Zn may be carried to the orchard floor at the time of leaf fall. Therefore, future research needs to focus on assessing the efficacy of foliar applications for Zn nutrition of fruit trees, and identification of potentially detrimental effects from possible excessive soil accumulation of Zn. Once within the tree, however, labelled Zn was quite mobile and was stored throughout the plant, including in the roots. Of the labelled N and Zn exported from treated leaves prior to leaf fall, a substantial redistribution from storage was evident by 2 weeks after bloom and, by 4 weeks after bloom, 38% and 56% of the labelled N and Zn, respectively, had been redistributed from storage in roots, trunk and 1-year-old shoots to new growth. The biomass of new, above-ground growth tripled between 2 – 4 weeks after bloom and was coincident with a conspicuous influx of both N and Zn from the soil. EEA Alto Valle Fil: Sánchez, Enrique Eduardo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Alto Valle; Argentina Fil: Weinbaum, Steven A. University of California Davis. Department of Plant Sciences; Estados Unidos Fil: Johnson, R. Scott. University of California. Department of Plant Sciences; Estados Unidos 2025-03-21T14:25:00Z 2025-03-21T14:25:00Z 2006-09 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/21788 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14620316.2006.11512147 2380-4084 1462-0316 https://doi.org/10.1080/14620316.2006.11512147 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Taylor and Francis Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology 81 (5) : 839-844 (2006)
spellingShingle Nutrición de las Plantas
Aplicación Foliar
Nitrógeno
Cinc
Durazno
Prunus persica
Plant Nutrition
Foliar Application
Nitrogen
Zinc
Peaches
Sanchez, Enrique Eduardo
Weinbaum, Steven A.
Johnson, R. Scott
Comparative movement of labelled nitrogen and zinc in 1-year-old peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] trees following late-season foliar application
title Comparative movement of labelled nitrogen and zinc in 1-year-old peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] trees following late-season foliar application
title_full Comparative movement of labelled nitrogen and zinc in 1-year-old peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] trees following late-season foliar application
title_fullStr Comparative movement of labelled nitrogen and zinc in 1-year-old peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] trees following late-season foliar application
title_full_unstemmed Comparative movement of labelled nitrogen and zinc in 1-year-old peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] trees following late-season foliar application
title_short Comparative movement of labelled nitrogen and zinc in 1-year-old peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] trees following late-season foliar application
title_sort comparative movement of labelled nitrogen and zinc in 1 year old peach prunus persica l batsch trees following late season foliar application
topic Nutrición de las Plantas
Aplicación Foliar
Nitrógeno
Cinc
Durazno
Prunus persica
Plant Nutrition
Foliar Application
Nitrogen
Zinc
Peaches
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/21788
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14620316.2006.11512147
https://doi.org/10.1080/14620316.2006.11512147
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