Publication
Title
Simulation of the effect of citrate exudation from roots on the plant availability of phosphate adsorbed on goethite
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Abstract
Rhizosphere processes strongly influence the availability of phosphorus (P) to plants. Organic ligands that are exuded from the root surface mobilize phosphorus by dissolution of P minerals or by desorption of adsorbed phosphate. We developed a mechanistic model to study the mobilization of phosphate sorbed on goethite by the exudation of citrate and consequent uptake of phosphate by the root. The use of a model allows the effects of the organic anion and pH on P desorption to be separated. The model is also used to predict concentration profiles developing around the root for phosphate. citrate (with or without accounting for degradation) and pH, providing insight into the processes that occur in the rhizosphere. Results of model calculations show that with larger rates of citrate exudation, greater P availability is predicted. Exudation at a rate of 0.5 mu mol citrate m(-1) root day(-1), which is in the range found for P-deficient plants, increased P availability almost 2-fold at fairly large phosphate loading of goethite (1.9 mu mol m(-2)) and almost 30-fold at small phosphate loading (1.3 mu mol m(-2)). Competitive adsorption causes a much greater relative increase in the phosphate concentration in solution at small than at large phosphate loading, which explains this result. Simultaneous acidification of the rhizosphere results in a smaller P mobilization than at a fixed pH of 5, as a result of the pH dependence of phosphate adsorption in the presence of citrate. Sorption of citrate increases its persistence against microbial decay, and hence has a positive effect on the mobilization of adsorbed phosphate.
Language
English
Source (journal)
European journal of soil science. - London
Publication
London : 1999
ISSN
1351-0754
DOI
10.1046/J.1365-2389.1999.00251.X
Volume/pages
50 :3 (1999) , p. 379-390
ISI
000082644400002
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