Lower nodule biomass with increased nitrogenase efficiency in Robinia pseudoacacia seedlings when grown under low soil phosphorus conditions
Autor: | Stephen Porder, Lindsay A. McCulloch |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Technology Symbiotic nitrogen fixation General Chemical Engineering Science General Physics and Astronomy chemistry.chemical_element engineering.material 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Split-root P fertilization General Materials Science nutrient patches General Environmental Science Black locust biology Robinia General Engineering Nitrogenase biology.organism_classification Nitrogen Agronomy chemistry Seedling Nitrogen fixation engineering Soil phosphorus General Earth and Planetary Sciences Terrestrial ecosystem Fertilizer 010606 plant biology & botany |
Zdroj: | SN Applied Sciences, Vol 2, Iss 11, Pp 1-9 (2020) |
ISSN: | 2523-3971 2523-3963 |
Popis: | Symbiotic nitrogen (N) fixation is the largest non-anthropogenic N input to many terrestrial ecosystems. The energetic expense of symbiotic N fixation suggests soil phosphorus (P) availability may regulate symbiotic nitrogen fixation directly through nodule development and function, and/or indirectly through plant growth. Since P availability is heterogenous in the landscape, we sought to understand if symbiotic nitrogen fixation responds to both P availability and heterogeneity. To test how P availability affects symbiotic nitrogen fixation, we grew Robinia pseudoacacia seedlings under high (8.1 g P m−2) and low (0.2 g P m−2) conditions. Soil P heterogeneity was simulated by splitting roots into soil patches receiving P or no-P fertilizer. At the whole plant level, P availability limited seedling and nodule biomass. However, the low P treatment had higher nitrogenase efficiency (acetylene reduced (AR) g−1 nodule; a nodule efficiency proxy). High P seedlings had significantly more root and nodule biomass in the patches directly receiving P fertilizer, but patch proliferation was absent in the low P treatment. AR g−1 seedling did not differ between P treatments, suggesting P indirectly limited symbiotic nitrogen fixation through plant growth, rather than directly limiting symbiotic nitrogen fixation. This relatively consistent AR g−1 seedling across treatments demonstrates the ability of seedlings to respond to low P conditions with increased nitrogenase efficiency. |
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