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- Title
Root Exudates Mediate the Processes of Soil Organic Carbon Input and Efflux.
- Authors
Lei, Xue; Shen, Yuting; Zhao, Jianing; Huang, Jiajia; Wang, Hui; Yu, Yang; Xiao, Chunwang
- Abstract
Root exudates, as an important form of material input from plants to the soil, regulate the carbon input and efflux of plant rhizosphere soil and play an important role in maintaining the carbon and nutrient balance of the whole ecosystem. Root exudates are notoriously difficult to collect due to their underlying characteristics (e.g., low concentration and fast turnover rate) and the associated methodological challenges of accurately measuring root exudates in native soils. As a result, up until now, it has been difficult to accurately quantify the soil organic carbon input from root exudates to the soil in most studies. In recent years, the contribution and ecological effects of root exudates to soil organic carbon input and efflux have been paid more and more attention. However, the ecological mechanism of soil organic carbon input and efflux mediated by root exudates are rarely analyzed comprehensively. In this review, the main processes and influencing factors of soil organic carbon input and efflux mediated by root exudates are demonstrated. Soil minerals and soil microbes play key roles in the processes. The carbon allocation from plants to soil is influenced by the relationship between root exudates and root functional traits. Compared with the quantity of root exudates, the response of root exudate quality to environmental changes affects soil carbon function more. In the future, the contribution of root exudates in different plants to soil carbon turnover and their relationship with soil nutrient availability will be accurately quantified, which will be helpful to understand the mechanism of soil organic carbon sequestration.
- Subjects
PLANT exudates; CARBON in soils; RHIZOSPHERE; CARBON sequestration; PLANT-soil relationships; SOIL microbiology
- Publication
Plants (2223-7747), 2023, Vol 12, Issue 3, p630
- ISSN
2223-7747
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/plants12030630