Nutrient content and redistribution in leaves of Hevea brasiliensis and Pinus oocarpa
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https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2000v21n1p61Keywords:
Pine, Rubber tree, Macronutrients, Nutrition, Biochemical cyclingAbstract
The content of macronutrients (N, P, K, Ca, Mg, and S) and nutrient redistribution were evaluated in leaves of two species, an 8 years old angiosperm (Hevea brasiliensis) and a 25 years old a gymnosperm (Pinus oocarpa), both cultivated on an eutrophic Red Brown Earth (Alfissol). Leaves were collected at three different phenological states: young, mature, senescent and from the litterfall. The nutrient content of Hevea was higher, presenting 3 to 4 times higher concentrations of N, P, K and Ca suggesting that the pine had greater capacity of producing biomass with a relatively low amount of nutrients. In Pinus oocarpa 43% ofN, 65% of P and 75% of K was transferred from old to young leaves while, for Hevea, the nutrient return was 59%> for N, 65% for P and 60% for K.
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