Strength and size of phosphorus-rich patches determine the foraging strategy of Neyraudia reynaudiana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Under natural conditions, soil nutrients are heterogeneously distributed, and plants have developed adaptation strategies to efficiently forage patchily distributed nutrient. Most previous studies examined either patch strength or patch size separately and focused mainly on root morphological plasticity (increased root proliferation in nutrient-rich patch), thus the effects of both patch strength and size on morphological and physiological plasticity are not well understood. In this study, we examined the foraging strategy of Neyraudia reynaudiana (Kunth) Keng ex Hithc, a pioneer grass colonizing degraded sites, with respect to patch strength and size in heterogeneously distributed phosphorus (P), and how foraging patchily distributed P affects total plant biomass produc

SUBMITTER: Cai L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7720531 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature