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Role of root hair elongation in rhizosheath aggregation and in the carbon flow into the soil.
Biol. Fertil. Soils 59, 351–361 (2023)
One of the most prominent changes in the rhizospheric soil structure is associated with the formation of a strongly bound soil layer in the surroundings of the root, which is named rhizosheath. In this study, we investigated how root hair elongation, a ubiquitous root morphological trait, affect the stability of rhizosheath aggregates. Using 13CO2 pulse labeling, we tracked the fate of root-derived 13C inputted into the rhizosheath of two Zea mays L. genotypes with contrasting root hair elongation: a mutant with root hair defective elongation (rth3) and a corresponding wild type (WT). In addition, we also investigated the differences between two 13CO2 labeling approaches (single vs. multiple pulse labeling) in the distribution of 13C in the rhizosheath aggregates. We were able to demonstrate that the rhizosheath aggregate stability and the resulting aggregate size distribution follows the same mechanisms irrespective of the root hair elongation. This result reinforces the assumption that other soil properties are more decisive for the soil structure formation in the rhizosheath in comparison to root hair elongation. The majority of recently deposited root-derived C (57%) was found in the macroaggregates. Increasing the number of pulses (multiple pulse labeling approach) resulted in a higher 13C enrichment of the rhizosheath aggregates fractions in comparison to the application of a single pulse. While both labeling approaches resulted in a similar distribution of 13C in the rhizosheath aggregates, the higher enrichment given by multiple pulse labeling allowed the separation of significant differences between the genotypes in plant C allocation in the rhizosheath.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
13 C Pulse Labeling ; Dry-crushing ; Isotopes ; Maize (zea Mays L.) ; Rhizosheath ; Rhizosphere Soil Aggregates; Organic-matter; Rhizosphere; Plant; Turnover; Traits; Barley; Stabilization; Diversity; Dynamics; Input
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0178-2762
e-ISSN
1432-0789
Journal
Biology and Fertility of Soils
Quellenangaben
Volume: 59,
Issue: 3,
Pages: 351–361
Publisher
Springer
Publishing Place
One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, Ny, United States
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Reviewing status
Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Research Unit Environmental Simulation (BIOP-EUS)
Grants
Projekt DEAL