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NEW PHYTOLOGIST
Volume 169, Issue 3, Pages 515-524Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01614.x
Keywords
aluminium; carboxylates; Lupinus albus (white lupin); pH; phosphate; rhizosphere; Triticum aestivum (wheat)
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The relationship between carboxylate release and the ability of plants to access phosphorus from AIPO(4) and to detoxify aluminium was studied by comparing species with a low and high rate of carboxylate release, Triticum aestivum ( wheat) and Lupinus albus ( white lupin), respectively. Species were supplied with P at 10, 20, 40 or 100 mg P kg(-1) sand in the form of sparingly soluble AIPO(4) or soluble KH2PO4; control plants did not receive any P. Triticum aestivum was significantly better than L. albus at accessing P from AIPO(4), despite accumulating fewer carboxylates in its rhizosphere. Rhizosphere pH of L. albus did not vary with form or level of P supply, while the rhizosphere pH of T. aestivum increased with the level of P supplied. Based on the evidence in the present study, a model is proposed to explain the poor performance of L. albus, whereby the release of carboxylates and associated protons reduces the chelating ability of exuded carboxylates, thus reducing P acquisition and increasing Al toxicity.
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