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Measurement of Ammonia Gas Emission from Plants

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Plant Volatile Analysis

Part of the book series: Modern Methods of Plant Analysis ((MOLMETHPLANT,volume 19))

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It is now well established that plants have a compensation point for NH3, implying that they emit NH3 at atmospheric NH3 concentrations below the compensation point and absorb NH3 at concentrations in excess (Farquhar et al. 1980; Langford and Fehsenfeld 1992; Husted et al. 1996; Schjoerring et al. 1996). The compensation point normally ranges between 0.5 and 20nmo1 NH3 mol-1 air and is thus of a magnitude similar to the NH3 concentrations occurring in the atmosphere over terrestrial ecosystems (Sutton et al. 1995). Ammonia exchange over natural land is probably the most uncertain factor in the compilation of a global NH3 budget (Dentener and Crutzen 1994), and little is as yet known about the interrelationships between NH3 compensation points, nitrogen metabolism and environmental factors. One major reason for the limited knowledge of plant-atmosphere NH3 fluxes is analytical difficulties.

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  1. Goldberglein 7, D-91056, Erlangen, Germany

    Hans Ferdinand Linskens

  2. Department of Viticulture, Encology and Horticulture, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, S.A., 5064, Australia

    John F. Jackson

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Schjoerring, J.K., Husted, S. (1997). Measurement of Ammonia Gas Emission from Plants. In: Linskens, H.F., Jackson, J.F. (eds) Plant Volatile Analysis. Modern Methods of Plant Analysis, vol 19. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03331-9_4

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