Respiration from roots and the mycorrhizosphere
Respiration from roots and the mycorrhizosphere
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根和菌根际的呼吸作用
DOI:
10.1017/cbo9780511711794.008
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发表时间:
2009
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G. Wieser
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作者:
F. Moyano;O. Atkin;M. Bahn;D. Bruhn;A. Burton;A. Heinemeyer;W. Kutsch;G. Wieser
The largest flux in the global carbon cycle is the uptake of CO2 by plants as photosynthesis. Estimates of gross primary production (GPP), or total amount of CO2 assimilated by terrestrial plants, range between about 109 and 120 Pg C per year at the global scale (Schlesinger, 1997; Zhaoet al., 2005). Except for carbon that remains stored in passive organic matter pools, as fossil fuel, and an estimated 0.2 Pg C per year sedimenting on the ocean floors, assimilated carbon is eventually returned to the atmosphere by respiration, either by plants or by heterotrophic organisms. The time between the fixation of a carbon atom by the plant and its conversion back to CO2 is extremely variable, ranging between a few hours and thousands of years. How long it remains part of organic compounds will depend on its turnover within the plant and, eventually, as part of soil organic matter.Carbon assimilated by plants is translocated to plant organs where it can be used as building material for structural biomass, for storage or as substrate for respiration. Carbon imported into roots can also be exudated or transferred to symbionts such as mycorrhizal fungi (Farrar, 1999). The amount of assimilated carbon used for each purpose will depend on the plant’s requirements, which are further determined by plant and environmental factors. Different studies on a number of plant species have shown the amount of carbon respired to be, on average, 50% of the carbon assimilated through photosynthesis per unit time, with numbers ranging between 35% and 80%(Lambers, 1985; Amthor, 2000a). Other studies have shown that, on average, nearly half of the carbohydrates from photosynthesis are translocated to roots where around 40% of this carbon is used for respiration (Lambers, 1987; Farrar and Williams, 1990). However, these proportions can vary. Amounts of carbon respired by roots