Plant adaptations to severely phosphorus-impoverished soils

• Published in: Current opinion in plant biology Vol. 25; pp. 23 - 31
• Main Authors: Lambers, Hans, Martinoia, Enrico, Renton, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2015
• Subjects: Adaptation, Physiological; aluminum; biomass; Carboxylic Acids - metabolism; crops; hydroxides; hyphae; iron; mycorrhizae; Mycorrhizae - physiology; oxides; phosphorus; Phosphorus - metabolism; plant breeders; Plant Physiological Phenomena; Plant Roots - metabolism; Plant Roots - microbiology; Plants - metabolism; Plants - microbiology; roots; soil; Soil - chemistry; soil solution

•Mycorrhizas increase the volume of low-phosphorus soil that can be explored by roots.•Cluster roots release carboxylates, which mobilise sparingly available soil phosphorus.•Species with cluster roots are common on soils with a low phosphorus availability.•Phosphorus availability may be low because...