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Plant Soil (2009) 318:101– 115 DOI 10.1007/s11104-008-9821-z REGULAR ARTICLE Effects of saline root environment (NaCl) on nitrate and potassium uptake kinetics for rose plants: a Michaelis–Menten modelling approach Daniele Massa Neil S. Mattson Heinrich J. Lieth Received: 19 June 2008 /Accepted: 27 October 2008 /Published online: 12 November 2008 # Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 2008 Abstract Greenhouse-grown cut flower roses are where nitrogen and potassium depletion were moni- often irrigated with moderately saline irrigation water. tored during 6 days. Eight different initial NaCl The salt/ballast ions are either present initially in poor treatments varying from zero to 65 mol m−3 were quality raw water or reclaimed municipal water, or used and within these there were two initial NO3− and accumulated in greenhouse irrigation water that is K+ concentrations: high concentration (HC, 7.0 mol captured and reused. Such ions can inhibit root m−3 and 2.6 mol m−3 NO3− and K+ respectively) or absorption of essential nutrients. The objective of this low concentration (LC, 3.5 mol m−3 and 1.3 mol m−3 work was to quantify the influence of NaCl concen- NO3− and K+ respectively). Plant NO3− uptake was tration on the uptake of nitrate and potassium by roses negatively affected by NaCl concentration. NO3− and develop a predictive model of uptake inhibition maximum influx (Imax) declined from 5.1 µmol to based on NaCl, NO3−, and K+ concentration. One 2.5 µmol per gram of plant dry weight per hour as year-old rose plants (Rosa spp. ‘Kardinal’ on ‘Natal NaCl concentration increased from zero to 65 mol