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    Catch crops have little effect on P and K availability of depleted soils

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    It is a well-known fact that catch crops have a significant effect on availability and loss of soil inorganic nitrogen (Thorup-Kristensen et al., 2003) and recently marked effects on soil inorganic sulphur dynamics have also been shown (Eriksen and Thorup-Kristensen 2002; Eriksen et al., 2004). However, we know much less about the effect of catch crops on phosphorous (P) and potassium (K) mobilisation and availability for the next crop. After several years of organic cash crop production, e.g. vegetables and cereals, yield levels may gradually be limited by soil P and K availability, depending on the initial status at conversion to organic production principles. This is particularly the case during the establishment phase of certain vegetable cultures with a limited rooting system (e.g. lettuce, leeks, onions). Therefore, it has often been hypothesized that certain catch crops are capable of increasing the availability of P and K when the soil status becomes low. In the VegCatch subproject 'Catch crops as a tool for increasing P bioavailability in soils' we have therefore studied the ability of different catch crop species to mobilise and take up P and K from soils of low availability, as well as the ability of the catch crops deliver P and K to the subsequent main crop

    Kerneudbytte af vårbygsorter og sortsblandinger under forskellige gødningsniveauer

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    Der var ikke signifikant forskel på kerneudbyttet af sortsblandingen og gennemsnittet af de tre sorter, som indgik i blandingen. Anvendelse af sortsblandinger kan dog give en vis dyrkningssikkerhed i forhold til at vælge en enkelt sort, hvor kerneudbyttet kan udvise store variationer fra år til år

    Polyamines preferentially interact with bent adenine tracts in double-stranded DNA

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    Polyamines, such as putrescine, spermidine and spermine, have indirectly been linked with the regulation of gene expression, and their concentrations are typically increased in cancer cells. Although effects on transcription factor binding to cognate DNA targets have been demonstrated, the mechanisms of the biological action of polyamines is poorly understood. Employing uranyl photo-probing we now demonstrate that polyamines at submillimolar concentrations bind preferentially to bent adenine tracts in double-stranded DNA. These results provide the first clear evidence for the sequence-specific binding of polyamines to DNA, and thereby suggest a mechanism by which the cellular effects of polyamines in terms of differential gene transcriptional activity could, at least partly, be a direct consequence of sequence-specific interactions of polyamines with promoters at the DNA sequence level

    Efterafgrøder har ringe effekt på P og K forsyningen på udpint lerjord

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    Efterafgrøder påvirker jordens tilgængelighed og tab af kvælstof (N). Dette er velkendt i økologiske sædskifter. Derimod ved vi mindre om, hvordan efterafgrøderne virker på tilgængeligheden af fosfor (P) og kalium (K) og på forsyning til den næste afgrøde i sædskiftet. Afhængig af jordens næringsstof status ved omlægning, vil økologisk produktion af salgsafgrøder med tiden kunne begrænses af næringsstofmangel, hvis der ikke tilføres P eller K. Denne mangel på næringsstoffer gælder ikke mindst i afgrødernes etableringsfase og for en række grøntsagskulturer med et lille rodsystem. Når efterafgrøder kan bruges til at 'flytte rundt' på tilgængeligt N i sædskiftet, har man ofte i det økologiske jordbrug spekuleret over om det også kunne lade sig gøre for P og K. Ikke mindst har det været overvejet om efterafgrøder kunne bruges til at imødegå P og/eller K mangel, når jordens status bliver lav. I en del af FØJO-II projektet 'Økologiske grønsager og efterafgrøder' (VegCatch) har vi derfor studeret forskellige efterafgrøde-arters evne til at mobilisere og optage P og K fra jord med en lav tilgængelighed, samt efterafgrødernes evne til at forsyne en efterfølgende afgrøde med P og K
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