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CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 41, Issue 5, Pages 653-658Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(99)00488-9
Keywords
root exudates; Norway spruce; Scots pine; Auxin- and gibberellin-like activities; gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric; measurements; soil organic matter
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In order to study the different soil organic matter mobilisation by agrarian (Zen mais: cultivars Paolo and Sandek) and forest (Picea abies Karst. and Pinus sylvestris L.) root exudates, three different soils (Dystric Spodic Cambisol - S1, Haplic Luvisol - S2 and Calcaric Cambisol - S3) have been considered. Treating the soils with water (control) or plant root exudates, soil organic matter extracts were obtained. The extracts were characterised by hormone-like activities and gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric (GC/MS) measurements. Water extract and plant root exudates exhibited no hormone-like activity, while the other soil-extracts were endowed with a different hormone-like behaviour. GC/MS data indicated that in the acid soils (S1) Sandek and Picea abies exudates showed a greater ability in extracting organic acid isomers (C14COOH, C15COOH and C17COOH), while in neutral soils (S3) all the exudates were active in separating organic acids. In intermediate conditions (S2), Picea abies and Pinus sylvestris exudates liberated C15COOH isomers, Paolo C11COOH isomers, while Sandek was not effective. The different role of plant root exudates in mobilising bio-molecules from the bulk of the soil is proposed. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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