The plastic plant: root responses to heterogeneous supplies of nutrients

By A. Hodge. 2004

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Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs. (2020, background): “…is increasingly recognized as a key determinant of root system architecture, with high branching density being typical of more clustered root systems favouring soil particle enmeshment and localised soil resource mining, and pre-emption against competitors (Forde & Lorenzo, 2001; Hodge, 2004).”
The distribution of below‐ground traits is explained by intrinsic species differences and intraspecific plasticity in response to root neighbours (2013, background): “…are clearly canalized differences between plant lineages in root traits (Baylis 1975; Brundrett 2002), roots are also highly plastic and interactive organs, capable of responding physiologically and morphologically to both biotic and abiotic factors (Hodge 2004; Wijesinghe, John & Hutchings 2005).”
Contrasting root behaviour in two grass species: a test of functionality in dynamic heterogeneous conditions (2011, background): “Plants respond to nutrients in a heterogeneous environment, by selectively placing roots into nutrient-rich soil patches (Hutchings and de Kroon 1994; Hodge 2004, 2006; Schenk 2006).”
Acquisition of phosphorus and nitrogen in the rhizosphere and plant growth promotion by microorganisms (2009, background): “The importance of root growth and architecture for the efficient capture of P is well documented and in many cases is a specific response of plants to P deficiency (reviewed by Hodge 2004; Lynch 2005; Raghothama 1999; Richardson et al. 2009; Vance et al. 2003).”
Multiple phosphorus acquisition strategies adopted by fine roots in low-fertility soils in Central Amazonia (2019, positive): “Root morphological traits, such as total root length, surface area and diameter directly control the efficiency by which P is assimilated by plants (Eissenstat 1992; Eissenstat and Yanai 1997), with small diameter roots being usually efficient at exploring large soil volumes (Bates and Lynch 2001; H”
Root functional parameters along a land‐use gradient: evidence of a community‐level economics spectrum (2015, background): “exploitation capacities (Hodge 2004) and higher growth rates and nutrient uptake (Reich et al.”
Do plant species with different growth strategies vary in their ability to compete with soil microbes for chemical forms of nitrogen (2008, background): “We did not examine differences between species in terms of plant traits related to resource capture, but traits such as root proliferation (Hodge, 2004), root length density (Fransen and de Kroon, 2001; Aanderud et al.”
Root competition: beyond resource depletion (2006, neutral): “(2003) and Hodge (2004). According”
Above‐ and below‐ground competition cues elicit independent responses (2007, background): “Belowground, plants have been shown to use increased root proliferation in areas of high nutrient concentrations as a mechanism for rapid exploitation of resource patches under competitive situations (Hodge 2004; de Kroon & Mommer 2006).”
Effects of rooting volume and nutrient availability as an alternative explanation for root self/non‐self discrimination (2007, background): “If the nutrient concentration was halved in one pot while the volume remained unaltered (treatment L), the plants selectively placed their roots in the control pot containing more nutrients (cf. Hodge 2004).”
New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide (2013, background): “References on theory, significance and large datasets: Horn (1971); Pickett and Kempf (1980); Strauss and Agrawal (1999); Enquist (2002); Archibald and Bond (2003); Cooper et al.”
Tree species diversity increases fine root productivity through increased soil volume filling (2013, background): “…in fine root biomass but greater production could also be attributable to greater production matched by faster turnover (Nadelhoffer 2000) and/or morphological and physiological plasticity including spatially and temporally explicit root proliferation (Casper, Cahill & Jackson 2000; Hodge 2004).”