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Phosphorus nutrition of woody plants: many questions – few answers
Author(s) -
Rennenberg H.,
Herschbach C.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
plant biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.871
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1438-8677
pISSN - 1435-8603
DOI - 10.1111/plb.12078
Subject(s) - herbaceous plant , cycling , biology , perennial plant , woody plant , phosphorus , nutrient cycle , rapid cycling , ecosystem , agronomy , ecology , botany , forestry , bipolar disorder , metallurgy , geography , materials science , cognition , neuroscience
Phosphorus ( P ) acquisition, cycling and use efficiency has been investigated intensively with herbaceous plants. It is known that local as well as systemic signalling contributes to the control of P acquisition. Woody plants are long‐lived organisms that adapt their life cycle to the changing environment during their annual growth cycle. Little is known about P acquisition and P cycling in perennial plants, especially regarding storage and mobilisation, its control by systemic and environmental factors, and its interaction with the largely closed ecosystem‐level P cycle. The present report presents a view on open questions on plant internal P cycling in woody plants.