Ecological interpretations of nitrogen isotope ratios of terrestrial plants and soils

JM Craine, ENJ Brookshire, MD Cramer… - Plant and Soil, 2015 - Springer
Background Knowledge of biological and climatic controls in terrestrial nitrogen (N) cycling
within and across ecosystems is central to understanding global patterns of key ecosystem …

Nitrogen isotope discrimination as an integrated measure of nitrogen fluxes, assimilation and allocation in plants

LA Kalcsits, HA Buschhaus, RD Guy - Physiologia plantarum, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Fractionation of nitrogen isotopes between a plant and its environment occurs during uptake
and assimilation of inorganic nitrogen. Fractionation can also occur between roots and the …

Tracing the geographical origin of rice by stable isotopic analyses combined with chemometrics

J Wang, T Chen, W Zhang, Y Zhao, S Yang, A Chen - Food chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Multivariate stable isotope analysis combined with chemometrics was used to investigate
and discriminate rice samples from six rice producing provinces in China (Heilongjiang …

Seasonal pattern of ammonium 15N natural abundance in precipitation at a rural forested site and implications for NH3 source partitioning

S Huang, EM Elliott, JD Felix, Y Pan, D Liu, S Li… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Excess ammonia (NH 3) emissions and deposition can have negative effects on air quality
and terrestrial ecosystems. Identifying NH 3 sources is a critical step for effectively reducing …

The limiting factors and regulatory processes that control the environmental responses of C3, C3–C4 intermediate, and C4 photosynthesis

JE Johnson, CB Field, JA Berry - Oecologia, 2021 - Springer
Here, we describe a model of C 3, C 3–C 4 intermediate, and C 4 photosynthesis that is
designed to facilitate quantitative analysis of physiological measurements. The model …

δ15N values in plants are determined by both nitrate assimilation and circulation

J Cui, E Lamade, F Fourel, G Tcherkez - New Phytologist, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen (N) assimilation is associated with 14N/15N fractionation such that plant tissues are
generally 15N‐depleted compared to source nitrate. In addition to nitrate concentration, the …

Chloroplast glutamine synthetase, the key regulator of nitrogen metabolism in wheat, performs its role by fine regulation of enzyme activity via negative cooperativity of …

E Németh, Z Nagy, A Pécsváradi - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Glutamine synthetase (GS) is of central interest as the main route of ammonia assimilation in
plants, and as a connection point between the organic and inorganic worlds. Even though …

Natural 15N abundance as an indicator of nitrogen utilization efficiency in rice under alternate wetting and drying irrigation in soils with high clay contents

Z Wang, J Liu, YA Hamoud, Y Wang, R Qiu… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The 15 N natural abundance is an effective indicator of nitrogen dynamics in plants. The
impact of different irrigation regimes as a function of varied soil clay contents on stable …

Plants and mycorrhizal symbionts acquire substantial soil nitrogen from gaseous ammonia transport

R Hestrin, PK Weber, J Pett‐Ridge… - New Phytologist, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen (N) is an essential nutrient that limits plant growth in many ecosystems. Here we
investigate an overlooked component of the terrestrial N cycle–subsurface ammonia (NH3) …

Interspecific variation in leaf–root differences in δ15N among three tree species grown with either nitrate or ammonium

LA Kalcsits, X Min, RD Guy - Trees, 2015 - Springer
Key message Interspecific variation in nitrogen isotope composition of roots and leaves of
tree seedlings grown in a steady-state nitrogen environment reflects known variation in sites …