Mycorrhizal associations change root functionality a 3D modelling study on competitive interactions between plants for light and nutrients

• Published in: The New phytologist Vol. 231; no. 3; pp. 1171 - 1182
• Main Authors: deVries, Jorad, Evers, Jochem B., Kuyper, Thomas W., van Ruijven, Jasper, Mommer, Liesje
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley 01.08.2021; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF); Arbuscular mycorrhizas; architectural whole‐plant modelling; Collaboration; functional–structural plant modelling; Fungi; Microorganisms; Mineral nutrients; Modelling; nitrogen; Nutrient uptake; Nutrients; outsourcing; Phosphorus; resource competition; root economics space; root traits; Roots; soil; Strategy; Structure-function relationships; Symbionts; Three dimensional models; Uptake; vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae; root economics space; functional-structural plant modelling; root traits; outsourcing; architectural whole-plant modelling; resource competition; arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)

• Recent studies show that the variation in root functional traits can be explained by a two-dimensional trait framework, containing a ‘collaboration’ axis in addition to the classical fast–slow ‘conservation’ axis. This collaboration axis spans from thin and highly branched roots that employ a ‘do-...