Localized application of soil organic matter shifts distribution of cluster roots of white lupin in the soil profile due to localized release of phosphorus | Zendy

Haigang Li | Zendy; Jianbo Shen | Zendy; Fusuo Zhang | Zendy; Hans Lambers | Zendy

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Localized application of soil organic matter shifts distribution of cluster roots of white lupin in the soil profile due to localized release of phosphorus

Author(s) -

Haigang Li,

Jianbo Shen,

Fusuo Zhang,

Hans Lambers

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcq012

Subject(s) - lupinus , biology , organic matter , phosphorus , cluster (spacecraft) , agronomy , botany , chemistry , ecology , organic chemistry , computer science , programming language

Phosphorus (P) is a major factor controlling cluster-root formation. Cluster-root proliferation tends to concentrate in organic matter (OM)-rich surface-soil layers, but the nature of this response of cluster-root formation to OM is not clear. Cluster-root proliferation in response to localized application of OM was characterized in Lupinus albus (white lupin) grown in stratified soil columns to test if the stimulating effect of OM on cluster-root formation was due to (a) P release from breakdown of OM; (b) a decrease in soil density; or (c) effects of micro-organisms other than releasing P from OM.

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