期刊
NEW PHYTOLOGIST
卷 229, 期 1, 页码 259-271出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/nph.16865
关键词
nutrient-acquisition strategy; root exudation; root functional traits; root morphology; trait coordination
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31670525, 31988102]
Root exudation stimulates microbial decomposition and enhances nutrient availability to plants. It is a competitive trait in a multidimensional fine-root functional coordination. The positive relationship between root exudation and root respiration and N concentration is a promising approach for the future prediction.
Root exudation stimulates microbial decomposition and enhances nutrient availability to plants. It remains difficult to measure and predict this carbon flux in natural conditions, especially for mature woody plants. Based on a known conceptual framework of root functional traits coordination, we proposed that root functional traits may predict root exudation. We measured root exudation and other seven root morphological/chemical/physiological traits for 18 coexisting woody species in a deciduous-evergreen mixed forest in subtropical China. Root exudation, respiration, diameter and nitrogen (N) concentration all exhibited significant phylogenetic signals. We found that root exudation positively correlated with competitive traits (root respiration, N concentration) and negatively with a conservative trait (root tissue density). Furthermore, these relationships were independent of phylogenetic signals. A principal component analysis showed that root exudation and morphological traits loaded on two perpendicular axes. Root exudation is a competitive trait in a multidimensional fine-root functional coordination. The metabolic dimension on which root exudation loaded was relatively independent of the morphological dimension, indicating that increasing nutrient availability by root exudation might be a complementary strategy for plant nutrient acquisition. The positive relationship between root exudation and root respiration and N concentration is a promising approach for the future prediction of root exudation.
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