Richness of Rhizosphere Organisms Affects Plant P Nutrition According to P Source and Mobility

Trap, Jean and Ranoarisoa, Patricia Mahafaka and Irshad, Usman and Plassard, Claude (2021) Richness of Rhizosphere Organisms Affects Plant P Nutrition According to P Source and Mobility. Agriculture, 11 (2). p. 157. ISSN 2077-0472

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Abstract

Plants evolve complex interactions with diverse soil mutualist organisms to enhance P mobilization from the soil. These strategies are particularly important when P is poorly available. It is still unclear how the soil P source (e.g., mineral P versus recalcitrant organic P) and its mobility in the soil (high or low) affect soil mutualist biological (ectomycorrhizal fungi, bacteria and bacterial-feeding nematodes) richness—plant P acquisition relationships. Using a set of six microcosm experiments conducted in growth chamber across contrasting P situations, we tested the hypothesis that the relationship between the increasing addition of soil mutualist organisms in the rhizosphere of the plant and plant P acquisition depends on P source and mobility. The highest correlation (R2 = 0.70) between plant P acquisition with soil rhizosphere biological richness was found in a high P-sorbing soil amended with an organic P source. In the five other situations, the relationships became significant either in soil conditions, with or without mineral P addition, or when the P source was supplied as organic P in the absence of soil, although with a low correlation coefficient (0.09 < R2 < 0.15). We thus encourage the systematic and careful consideration of the form and mobility of P in the experimental trials that aim to assess the role of biological complexity on plant P nutrition.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Scholar Eprints > Agricultural and Food Science
Depositing User: Managing Editor
Date Deposited: 07 Feb 2023 07:28
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2024 14:02
URI: http://repository.stmscientificarchives.com/id/eprint/355

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