On the utilization of carbon in fertilizers through rice roots under pot experimental condition

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Kursanov et al. conducted a series of studies on the CO2 uptake by roots and translocation and uilization in plant, using carbon-l4 labelled CO2. Kursanov, Kuzin and Mamul1) first studied the uptake of CO2 by the roots of intact bean seedlings and found that after 18-hours exposure in the light, most of the radioactive carbon was translocated upwards. Later on, in a more detailed paper2) these Russian workers estimated that under their experimental conditions, the amount of CO2 absorbed by roots is as much as 25 per cent of that taken up from the atmosphere by leaves. They also reported that soluble carbonates supplied as a fertilizer increased the yield of bean, barley, potato and sugar beet by 15 to 18 per cene). In addition Grinfeld 4) stated that 30–50 kg of CO2 per hectare, dressed as ammonium carbonate, increased the yield of sugar beet by 7 to 16 per cent.