The Plant Sulphur Cycle

Hell, Rüdiger; Rennenberg, Heinz

doi:10.1007/978-94-011-5100-9_5

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“…These workers have suggested that the poor correlations between total bulb S concentration and pungency among onion cultivars of broad genetic background may be explained by differential partitioning of S into flavor and non-flavor compounds (Randle, 1992;Randle and Bussard, 1993). It is generally known that sulfate taken up by plant roots is transported to the leaves and is then either stored in the vacuole or reduced to sulfide and assimilated into cysteine in the chloroplasts for the subsequent synthesis of proteins or methionine and glutathione (Hell and Rennenberg, 1998). Cysteine and glutathione serve as precursors to several gamma-glutamyl peptides (rGP), which are used in the flavor biosynthetic pathway (Randle and Lancaster, 2002).…”

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Influence of Nitrogen and Sulfur Fertilizers and Inoculation with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Yield and Pungency of Spring Onion

Guo

Zhang

Christie

et al. 2006

Journal of Plant Nutrition

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A pot experiment was conducted out to investigate the yield and pungency of spring onion (Allium fistulosum L.) as affected by inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and addition of nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) fertilizers. Plants were inoculated with either Glomus mosseae or Glomus intraradices or grown as uninoculated controls. Two levels of N and S were applied to the soil in factorial combinations of 50 and 250 mg N kg −1 soil and 0 and 60 mg S kg −1 soil. Plants were grown in a greenhouse for 25 weeks and then harvested. Mycorrhizal colonization resulted in increased shoot dry weight, shoot-to-root ratio, shoot length, sheath diameter, and phosphorus (P) concentrations. Shoot dry-matter yield was significantly affected by added N, but not by S. Shoot dry weight increased with increasing N supply (except for non-mycorrhizal controls without additional S fertilizer). Shoot total S concentration (TSC), enzyme-produced pyruvate (EPY), and organic sulfur concentration (OSC) in plants inoculated with Glomus mosseae were significantly lower than those of non-mycorrhizal controls, while these parameters in plants inoculated with Glomus intraradices were comparable to or higher than in the controls. Neither N nor S supply affected shoot EPY or OSC, whereas shoot TSC (except in plants inoculated with Glomus mosseae) and SO 2− 4 concentrations were usually significantly increased by S supply. In soil of high S and low P availability, mycorrhizal colonization had a profound influence on both the yield and the pungency of spring onion.

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Influence of Nitrogen and Sulfur Fertilizers and Inoculation with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Yield and Pungency of Spring Onion

Guo

Zhang

Christie

et al. 2006

Journal of Plant Nutrition

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“…The important role played by S in plants results also from its presence in sulfur-containing amino acids (cystine, cysteine and methionine) [85]. In plants, more than 90% of S is accumulated in the form of sulfur-containing amino acids [86]. Sulfur deficiency generally decreases the content and quality of total protein in the seeds of winter oilseed rape by reducing the concentrations of nutritionally important essential amino acids [56,75,87].…”

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A Multi-Criteria Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Nitrogen and Sulfur Fertilization in Different Cultivars of Winter Rapeseed—Productivity, Economic and Energy Balance

2020

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This article presents the results of a three-year experiment involving a multi-criteria evaluation (productivity, economic and energy balance) of the effectiveness of nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) fertilization in different cultivars of winter oilseed rape (open-pollinated, semi-dwarf hybrid, long-stem hybrid) grown in north-eastern (NE) Poland. The yield of the semi-dwarf cultivar was 11% lower than the yield of the long-stem hybrid cultivar and 18% higher than the yield of the open-pollinated cultivar. In all cultivars, N fertilization improved yields up to a rate of 180 kg ha−1 and up to a rate of 230 kg ha−1 in years with low precipitation in spring and summer. Seed yield increased in all cultivars in response to S fertilization at 40 kg ha−1. Higher rates of N fertilizer decreased the content of crude fat and glucosinolates (GLS) and increased the concentration of total protein in all cultivars. Sulfur fertilization increased the content of total protein (in long-stem cultivars) and GLS (in all cultivars). Production costs ranged from €542–624 ha−1 (≤130 kg N ha−1) to €619–697 ha−1 (≥180 kg N ha−1). The demand for energy in the production of winter rapeseed ranged from 14.5–19.3 GJ ha−1 (≤130 kg N ha−1) to 22.4–27.0 GJ ha−1 (≥180 kg N ha−1).

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“…By means of some enzymatic steps, sulphate is converted to nutritionally and functionally compounds, such as cysteine, methionine, several coenzymes, thioredoxins, sulpholipids and vitamins (biotin, thiamine) and ferredoxin (Hell, 1997;Hell and Rennenberg, 1998;Saito, 2000). Moreover, sulphur is involved in the formation of sulphydryl (SH) and disulphide bonds (SS), important for stabilization of protein structures and partially responsible for the viscoelastic properties of wheat gluten.…”

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Effect of Sulphur Fertilization on Grain Quality and Protein Composition of Durum Wheat (Triticum durum Desf.)

Pompa¹,

Giuliani²,

Giuzio³

et al. 2009

Ital J Agronomy

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The reduction of atmosphere emission of SO 2 and the massive use of fertilizers high in nitrogen and phosphorus resulted in a decrease of the sulphur content in the soil. In durum wheat cultivation, sulphur supply plays a key role not only for plant growth, but also for grain quality. Sulphur is an essential macronutrient primarily used to synthesize methionine and cysteine and it is also involved in establishing protein structures by disulphide bonds. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of sulphur nutrition on grain quality and protein composition of durum wheat cultivars grown under water deficit conditions, typical of Mediterranean areas. To this purpose, in the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 crop seasons a field trial was carried out by comparing two water regimes (irrigated and rainfed), two sulphur fertilizer levels and two durum wheat cultivars. Under our experimental conditions, an increase in protein and gluten content in the rainfed treatment and a positive effect of sulphur fertilization on quality parameters were observed. Few changes were observed in protein composition in response to sulphur fertilization.

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The Plant Sulphur Cycle

Cited by 16 publications

References 174 publications

Influence of Nitrogen and Sulfur Fertilizers and Inoculation with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Yield and Pungency of Spring Onion

Influence of Nitrogen and Sulfur Fertilizers and Inoculation with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Yield and Pungency of Spring Onion

A Multi-Criteria Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Nitrogen and Sulfur Fertilization in Different Cultivars of Winter Rapeseed—Productivity, Economic and Energy Balance

Effect of Sulphur Fertilization on Grain Quality and Protein Composition of Durum Wheat (Triticum durum Desf.)

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