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PLANT AND SOIL
卷 256, 期 2, 页码 469-479出版社
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026106714644
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aluminium exclusion; aluminium toxicity; citrate; organic anions; sterile root exudates; Zea mays cultivars
Organic anion exudation by roots as a mechanism of aluminium (Al) resistance has been intensively studied lately. In the present study, we evaluated qualitative and quantitative aspects of root exudation of organic anions in maize genotypes of distinct sensitivity to Al in response to Al exposure. Roots of maize seedlings were grown axenically in nutrient solution and root exudates were collected along the whole seminal root axis for a short period ( 4 h) using a divided-root-chamber technique. In root exudates collected from 10-mm long root apices, citrate accounted for 67% of the total organic anions found, followed by malate (29%), trans-aconitate (3%), fumarate ( < 1%), and cis-aconitate ( 1%). Rates of citrate exudation from root apices of two genotypes with differential resistance to Al were consistently higher in the Al resistant one, differing by a factor of 1.7-3.0 across a range of external Al concentrations. Furthermore, relative Al resistance of eight maize genotypes correlated significantly well with their citrate exudation rate measured at 40 μM Al. Higher exudation rates were accompanied by a less inhibited root elongation. The exudation of citrate along the longitudinal axis of fully developed seminal roots showed a particular pattern: citrate was exuded mainly in the regions of root apices, either belonging to the main root or to the lateral roots in the most basal part of the main root. The involvement of citrate in a mechanism of Al resistance is evaluated in terms of protection of the root from the effects of excess Al on root elongation and on nutrient uptake along a root axis showing distinct sites of citrate exudation.
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