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Increased Carbon Partitioning to Secondary Metabolites Under Phosphorus Deficiency in Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. Is Modulated by Plant Growth Stage and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

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FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
Volume 13, Issue -, Pages -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.876192

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phosphorus deficiency; mycorrhizal symbiosis; secondary metabolites; non-structural carbohydrates; plant growth stage; stress response

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [42077039, 41571250]
  2. National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFC0500702]
  3. Key Project at Central Government Level: the ability establishment of sustainable use for valuable Chinese Medicine Resources [2060302]
  4. China Scholarship Council (CSC)
  5. British Council (BC) [201804910917]

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The study found that non-AM plants increased carbon allocation belowground under P limitation in the early growth stage and increased partitioning to secondary metabolites (SMs). However, in the late growth stage, the trade-off between SMs and root growth was observed. AM symbiosis altered these changes and improved plant tolerance to P deficiency by increasing carbon partitioning to root growth and AM fungus.
Phosphorus (P) is one of the macronutrients limiting plant growth. Plants regulate carbon (C) allocation and partitioning to cope with P deficiency, while such strategy could potentially be influenced by plant growth stage and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis. In a greenhouse pot experiment using licorice (Glycyrrhiza uralensis) as the host plant, we investigated C allocation belowground and partitioning in roots of P-limited plants in comparison with P-sufficient plants under different mycorrhization status in two plant growth stages. The experimental results indicated that increased C allocation belowground by P limitation was observed only in non-AM plants in the early growth stage. Although root C partitioning to secondary metabolites (SMs) in the non-AM plants was increased by P limitation as expected, trade-off patterns were different between the two growth stages, with C partitioning to SMs at the expense of non-structural carbohydrates (NSCs) in the early growth stage but at the expense of root growth in the late growth stage. These changes, however, largely disappeared because of AM symbiosis, where more root C was partitioned to root growth and AM fungus without any changes in C allocation belowground and partitioning to SMs under P limitations. The results highlighted that besides assisting with plant P acquisition, AM symbiosis may alter plant C allocation and partitioning to improve plant tolerance to P deficiency.

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