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Question 1: (Figure C from handout, also in book. NUE = Yield / Fertilizer Incre. NUE = Yield / Soil Nut. Supply NUE = PE x UE. Tissue Nutrient Cont. (kg). UE = . Fertilizer increment (kg). Yield (kg). PE = . Tissue Nutrient Cont. (kg).
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NUE = Yield / Fertilizer Incre. NUE = Yield / Soil Nut. Supply NUE = PE x UE Tissue Nutrient Cont. (kg) UE = Fertilizer increment (kg) Yield (kg) PE = Tissue Nutrient Cont. (kg) Question 2: Different views and use of the term “NUE” Two components of NUE • NUE (or agronomic) efficiency: the product of physiological & uptake or assimilation efficiencies (PE & UE) • What matters from the environmental perspective is the overall NUE not just the PE • Tissue conc. alone not enough of the story
Question 3a cont. (Table 2 from handout on soil nutrient bioavailability)
Question 3b part (i) – go back to tables from lecture 1 notes
Imax or capacity factor Imax (Cs-Cmin) I(Vo)= Km + (Cs-Cmin) Km=[substrate] at ½ Imax Cmin=the min. conc. needed for uptake Question 4a – see Fig. 8. from handout on short distance transport; Carrier Concept & Michaelis-Menten Kinetics
Question 4a: Plot the data I max Cmin Km = I/2 Imax
Question 4b: plot the double reciprocal plot (remember not to try to calculate 1/Influx for Influx=O) Y = 0.004X + 0.0894
4c: a more efficient plant will shift the curve to the left and make the slope steeper More efficient
4c. More efficient… More efficient