ACCUMULATION OF NITROGEN COMPOUNDS AND NITRATE REDUCTASE ACTIVITY IN LETTUCE CULTIVATED IN DIFFERENT CROP SYSTEMS

Authors

  • Juliana Domingues Lima UNESP
  • Wilson da Silva Moraes Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios
  • Sílvia Helena Gorla Modenese da Silva UNESP
  • Fernanda Nunes Ibrahim UNESP
  • Antônio Carlos da Silva Júnior UNESP

Keywords:

vegetables, quality, nitrite, metabolism of nitrogen

Abstract

Nitrate content determination is important for food quality evaluation, therefore when ingested nitrate is reduced the nitrite, which can generate harmful compounds to the human organism. Ahead of this, the present work had as objective to study the transport and accumulation of nitrogen compounds and the nitrate reductase activity in lettuce cultivar 'Vera' produced in Registro (SP) in different cropping systems. Were collected samples of the xylem sap, aerial part and root for quantification of nitrogen compounds and of the reductase activity in vivo. The nitrate concentration in the xylem sap, the nitrate and amino acids contents, as well as the nitrate reductase activity, demonstrated more intense transport, accumulation and assimilation in plants cultivated in in hydroponic solution, followed of the conventional system and finally, of the organic. The stem of the plant in the three systems of culture presented high capacity of accumulation and assimilation the nitrogen compounds. The nitrate reductase activity in leaves was superior of the root. The content nitrate, independent of the culture system, varied of 24.32 the 800.06 mg kg-1 of FW in the different parts of the plant. However, it did not exceed the maximum limits recommended by literature.

KEY-WORDS: Vegetables; quality; nitrite; metabolism of nitrogen.

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Author Biographies

Juliana Domingues Lima, UNESP

Campus Experimental de Registro, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP)

Wilson da Silva Moraes, Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios

Unidade de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios (APTA), Regional Vale do Ribeira. Av. Wild José de Souza, n.454, Centro. CEP 11.900-000 Registro, SP.

Sílvia Helena Gorla Modenese da Silva, UNESP

Campus Experimental de Registro, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP).

Fernanda Nunes Ibrahim, UNESP

Campus Experimental de Registro, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP).

Antônio Carlos da Silva Júnior, UNESP

Campus Experimental de Registro, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP).

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Published

2008-09-23

How to Cite

LIMA, J. D.; MORAES, W. da S.; SILVA, S. H. G. M. da; IBRAHIM, F. N.; SILVA JÚNIOR, A. C. da. ACCUMULATION OF NITROGEN COMPOUNDS AND NITRATE REDUCTASE ACTIVITY IN LETTUCE CULTIVATED IN DIFFERENT CROP SYSTEMS. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical [Agricultural Research in the Tropics], Goiânia, v. 38, n. 3, p. 180–187, 2008. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/3325. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

Issue

v. 38, n. 3, Jul./Sep. 2008

Section

Research Article

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