CITRIC-ACID EXCRETION AND PRECIPITATION OF CALCIUM CITRATE IN THE RHIZOSPHERE OF WHITE LUPIN (LUPINUS-ALBUS L)
CITRIC-ACID EXCRETION AND PRECIPITATION OF CALCIUM CITRATE IN THE RHIZOSPHERE OF WHITE LUPIN (LUPINUS-ALBUS L)
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-3040.1989.tb01942.x
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发表时间:
1989-04-01
影响因子:
7.3
通讯作者:
MARSCHNER, H
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作者:
DINKELAKER, B;ROMHELD, V;MARSCHNER, H
While lupin (Lupinus albus L.) was grown for 13 weeks in a phosphorus (P) deficient calcareous soil (20% CaCO3, pH(H2O) l7.5) which had been sterilized prior to planting and fertilized with nitrate as source of nitrogen. In response to P deficiency, proteoid roots developed which accounted for about 50% of the root dry weight. In the rhizosphere soil of the proteoid root zones, the pH dropped to 4.8 and abundant white precipitates became visible. X-ray spectroscopy and chemical analysis showed that these precipitates consisted of calcium citrate. The amount of citrate released as root exudate by 13-week-old plants was about 1 g plant-1, representing about 23% of the total plant dry weight at harvest. In the rhizosphere soil of the proteoid root zones the concentrations of available P decreased and of available Fe, Mn and Zn increased. The strong acidification of the rhizosphere and the cation/anion uptake ratio of the plants strongly suggests that proteoid roots of white lupin excrete citric acid, rather than citrate, into the rhizosphere leading to intensive chemical extraction of a limited soil volume. In a calcareous soil, citric acid excretion leads to dissolution of CaCO3 and precipitation of calcium citrate in the zone of proteoid roots.