TY - JOUR
T1 - Rhizosphere engineering for sustainable crop production
T2 - entropy-based insights
AU - Zhang, Kai
AU - Rengel, Zed
AU - Zhang, Fusuo
AU - White, Philip J.
AU - Shen, Jianbo
PY - 2023/4
Y1 - 2023/4
N2 - There is a growing interest in exploring interactions at root–soil interface in natural and agricultural ecosystems, but an entropy-based understanding of these dynamic rhizosphere processes is lacking. We have developed a new conceptual model of rhizosphere regulation by localized nutrient supply using thermodynamic entropy. Increased nutrient-use efficiency is achieved by rhizosphere management based on self-organization and minimized entropy via equilibrium attractors comprising (i) optimized root strategies for nutrient acquisition and (ii) improved information exchange related to root–soil–microbe interactions. The cascading effects through different hierarchical levels amplify the underlying processes in plant–soil system. We propose a strategy for manipulating rhizosphere dynamics and improving nutrient-use efficiency by localized nutrient supply with minimization of entropy to underpin sustainable food/feed/fiber production.
AB - There is a growing interest in exploring interactions at root–soil interface in natural and agricultural ecosystems, but an entropy-based understanding of these dynamic rhizosphere processes is lacking. We have developed a new conceptual model of rhizosphere regulation by localized nutrient supply using thermodynamic entropy. Increased nutrient-use efficiency is achieved by rhizosphere management based on self-organization and minimized entropy via equilibrium attractors comprising (i) optimized root strategies for nutrient acquisition and (ii) improved information exchange related to root–soil–microbe interactions. The cascading effects through different hierarchical levels amplify the underlying processes in plant–soil system. We propose a strategy for manipulating rhizosphere dynamics and improving nutrient-use efficiency by localized nutrient supply with minimization of entropy to underpin sustainable food/feed/fiber production.
KW - entropy minimization
KW - heterogeneous (localized) nutrient supply
KW - rhizosphere engineering
KW - sustainable crop production
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85143268816&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.tplants.2022.11.008
DO - 10.1016/j.tplants.2022.11.008
M3 - Review article
C2 - 36470795
AN - SCOPUS:85143268816
SN - 1360-1385
VL - 28
SP - 390
EP - 398
JO - Trends in Plant Science
JF - Trends in Plant Science
IS - 4
ER -