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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Dong-Wei Yu, Su-Juan Duan, Xiao-Chao Zhang, Da-Qiu Yin, Shi-Jun Wang, Jin-Song Chen, Ning-Fei Lei
Summary: Different nutrient supply has significant effects on leaf stoichiometry and relative growth rate of alien plants, with N:P ratio positively correlated with relative growth rate, but influenced by species and nutrient supply.
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Plant Sciences
Jon Niklas Henningsen, Bruno Maximilian Goerlach, Victoria Fernandez, Jasper Lauritz Doelger, Andreas Buhk, Karl Hermann Muehling
Summary: The study showed that foliar P application significantly increased photosynthesis and chlorophyll content in maize, as well as enhanced biomass production. However, the positive effects on CO2 assimilation and P concentration from foliar P application were transient and could not restore the functionality of P-deficient maize plants during a prolonged experimental period.
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Agronomy
Rodrigo Marcelli Boaretto, Franz Walter Rieger Hippler, Luiz Antonio Junqueira Teixeira, Raissa Cagnolato Fornari, Jose Antonio Quaggio, Dirceu Mattos Jr
Summary: Zinc (Zn) deficiency in citrus orchards impairs plant growth and fruit yield worldwide. Field studies were conducted to investigate the effects of different Zn application methods on soil and plant nutrient levels, as well as fruit yield. Results showed that Zn-EDTA via fertigation and Zn-nitrate or sulfate via foliar application significantly increased leaf nutrient levels and fruit yield compared to the control.
Article
Plant Sciences
Martina Paponov, Juanita Flate, Jorg Ziegler, Cathrine Lillo, Ivan A. Paponov
Summary: Plants have developed strategies to adapt to nutrient-deficient environments, such as stimulating root growth in nutrient-rich soil patches. This study investigates the effects of deficiency and unequal distributions of nitrogen, phosphorus, and iron on plant growth and the accumulation of the antimalarial drug artemisinin (AN) in Artemisia annua. The results show that uneven distributions of nitrogen and phosphorus increase the exudation of AN by roots, while uneven iron supply increases AN accumulation in locally iron-deficient roots.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Katherine A. Dynarski, Fiona M. Soper, Sasha C. Reed, William R. Wieder, Cory C. Cleveland
Summary: Plant element stoichiometry and stoichiometric flexibility play a crucial role in regulating ecosystem responses to global change. Our study investigated three potential mechanisms (climate, soil nutrients, and plant taxonomy) using foliar and soil nutrient data from forest sites across the USA. We found that foliar nitrogen and phosphorus patterns were influenced by different mechanisms, with plant taxonomy being a significant determinant of foliar nutrient stoichiometry and concentrations. Our findings demonstrate the complexity of factors influencing foliar chemistry and suggest that both nitrogen and phosphorus may be sensitive to global change drivers on different spatial and temporal scales, potentially impacting ecosystem nutrient ratios and associated ecological processes.
Article
Agronomy
Xiaowei Liu, Youqi Wang, Wenhui Fu, Zhiyou Yuan, Qiang Yu, Changhui Peng, Sally E. Koerner, Liang Guo
Summary: Through an eight-year field survey in a semi-arid grassland in the Loess Plateau, China, this study found that climatic factors had a stronger impact on foliar nutrient resorption efficiency (NuRE) than soil nutrients. Climatic factors influenced NuRE by regulating the nitrogen-phosphorus ratio in the leaves, and this effect was more significant in graminoids (the dominant group). This suggests that graminoids have more flexibility and positive responses to climatic factors, allowing them to dominate in this grassland.
Article
Agronomy
Zhihui Wen, Jiayin Pang, Megan H. Ryan, Jianbo Shen, Kadambot H. M. Siddique, Hans Lambers
Summary: Leaf manganese concentration is a proxy for rhizosheath carboxylates in plants deploying a phosphorus mobilising strategy. Other micronutrients like iron and zinc also show positive correlations with total rhizosheath carboxylates, making them alternative proxies for belowground carboxylate-releasing processes in chickpeas under low-P supply.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
D. D. Syverson, C. T. Reinhard, T. T. Isson, C. H. Holstege, J. A. R. Katchinoff, B. M. Tutolo, B. Etschmann, J. Brugger, N. J. Planavsky
Summary: The study demonstrates that submarine weathering under anoxic conditions is a significant source of bioavailable phosphorus, with a release ratio comparable to modern rivers. This suggests that Earth-like planets lacking exposed continents may have robust biospheres capable of sustaining detectable atmospheric biosignatures.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Hirofumi Kajino, Misaki Fukui, Yutaro Fujimoto, Rei Fujii, Tomohiro Yokobe, Chikae Tatsumi, Tetsuto Sugai, Naoki Okada, Ryosuke Nakamura
Summary: Plants growing on karst soils often suffer from phosphorus deficiency due to the high pH and low phosphorus availability. This study compared the soil properties and nutrient concentrations in leaf litter of two forests in Japan, one on karst soil and the other on non-karst soil, and analyzed the nutrient concentrations in live leaves of four dominant tree species. The results showed that the karst soil had higher pH, phosphorus concentrations, and calcium availability but lower potassium availability compared to the non-karst soil, and the karst forest had higher litter nitrogen concentration.
ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Briana L. Jasinski, Rebecca E. Hewitt, Marguerite Mauritz, Samantha N. Miller, Edward A. G. Schuur, Meghan A. Taylor, Xanthe J. Walker, Michelle C. Mack
Summary: Thawing permafrost in northern latitudes affects plant utilization of nitrogen, phosphorus, and other nutrients. The study found that deeply rooted species decrease foliar N:P ratios, while species with shallower roots increase foliar N:P ratios. Winter warming and natural thermokarst gradient experiments showed that wet or deeply thawed areas lead to increased foliar nutrient concentrations and canopy biomass. Overall, as permafrost thaws deeper and water table level rises, plants may become more nitrogen-limited.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Nian Wei, Aifa Chen, Xiaohe Guo, Shubing Zhang, Lirong Song, Nanqin Gan, Lingling Zheng, Yunlu Jia, Jie Li
Summary: This study investigated the changes in nitrogen metabolism in phosphorus-starved bloom-forming cyanobacteria. The results showed that decreased expression of nitrogen source transporters led to reduced nitrogen uptake and nitrogen deficiency. Additionally, phosphorus starvation resulted in a drastic decrease in phycocyanin content. While external nitrogen supply did not significantly alter the transcription of nitrogen metabolism-related genes, it still helped to maintain the survival of phosphorus-starved cells.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Jeremiah A. Henning, Linda Kinkel, Georgiana May, Candice Y. Lumibao, Eric W. Seabloom, Elizabeth T. Borer
Summary: The diversity of foliar fungal endophytes is influenced by the accumulation of plant litter and loss of plant diversity due to nutrients, rather than a direct effect. Elemental nutrients indirectly reduce endophyte diversity by impacting the local plant community, highlighting the importance of predicting symbiont community responses in a changing global environment.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yaohui Liu, Shahla Hosseini Bai, Jiawei Wang, Dongnan Hu, Ruohong Wu, Wenyuan Zhang, Manyun Zhang
Summary: This study reveals that inoculation of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria Klebsiella ZP-2 can improve soil available phosphorus and nitrogen contents, stimulate phosphatase activity to accelerate phosphorus cycling, and alter soil bacterial community.
JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Joao AntonioS Iqueira, Agustin Zsogon, Alisdair R. Fernie, Adriano Nunes-Nesi, Wagner L. Araujo
Summary: This article discusses the regulatory role of day length and circadian rhythms in the uptake and usage of nutrients and the modulation of responses to toxic elements. The authors suggest that knowledge in this area might assist in developing next-generation crops with improved nutrient use efficiency.
TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Xinli Chen, Han Y. H. Chen
Summary: Our study found that leaf nitrogen resorption efficiency remained constant, while phosphorus and potassium resorption efficiency decreased with overstory succession. Additionally, we observed variations in leaf phosphorus levels between younger and older mixed stands compared to monocultures in Populus tremuloides.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)