TY - JOUR
T1 - Root-released organic anions in response to low phosphorus availability
T2 - recent progress, challenges and future perspectives
AU - Wang, Yanliang
AU - Lambers, Hans
PY - 2020/2/1
Y1 - 2020/2/1
N2 - Background: To improve plant phosphorus (P)-acquisition efficiency to secure sustainable food production, an important step is to increase the concentration of plant-available P in the rhizosphere. Root exudation of organic anions is a key strategy in mobilizing less-available soil P. Scope: This review covers how organic anions (carboxylates) mobilize soil P and research methodologies applied. It then discusses the root-release of organic anions induced by low P availability and their contribution to soil P mobilization and plant P acquisition, and highlights the impact, challenges and perspectives in this research area. Conclusions: The release of organic anions is increased considerably in some plant species, but very little in others under low P availability. Rhizosphere organic anions play important roles in increasing plant-available P, but the contribution is greatly affected by many factors. In future research, improved and ecologically meaningful root exudation sampling methods, the use of mature leaf manganese (Mn) concentration or total 14 C exudation as a proxy for rhizosphere carboxylates, case-by-case field experiments, molecular mechanisms underpinning organic anion biosynthesis and efflux under low P availability warrant further attention. Finally, carbon costs and multiple root trait combinations (e.g., root hairs plus root exudation) should be considered in crop breeding programs to generate more P-efficient cultivars.
AB - Background: To improve plant phosphorus (P)-acquisition efficiency to secure sustainable food production, an important step is to increase the concentration of plant-available P in the rhizosphere. Root exudation of organic anions is a key strategy in mobilizing less-available soil P. Scope: This review covers how organic anions (carboxylates) mobilize soil P and research methodologies applied. It then discusses the root-release of organic anions induced by low P availability and their contribution to soil P mobilization and plant P acquisition, and highlights the impact, challenges and perspectives in this research area. Conclusions: The release of organic anions is increased considerably in some plant species, but very little in others under low P availability. Rhizosphere organic anions play important roles in increasing plant-available P, but the contribution is greatly affected by many factors. In future research, improved and ecologically meaningful root exudation sampling methods, the use of mature leaf manganese (Mn) concentration or total 14 C exudation as a proxy for rhizosphere carboxylates, case-by-case field experiments, molecular mechanisms underpinning organic anion biosynthesis and efflux under low P availability warrant further attention. Finally, carbon costs and multiple root trait combinations (e.g., root hairs plus root exudation) should be considered in crop breeding programs to generate more P-efficient cultivars.
KW - Carboxylates
KW - Leaf Mn concentration
KW - P acquisition
KW - P availability
KW - Plant nutrition
KW - Root exudation
KW - Soil P mobilization
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85061486014&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11104-019-03972-8
DO - 10.1007/s11104-019-03972-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85061486014
SN - 0032-079X
VL - 447
SP - 135
EP - 156
JO - Plant and Soil
JF - Plant and Soil
IS - 1-2
ER -