Comparing root exudate collection techniques: An improved hybrid method.

ABSTRACT: 1. Plant-microbe interactions are critical for ecosystem functioning and drive rhizosphere processes. Root exudates are an important soil carbon (C) input, as well as a mechanism for communication between plants and rhizosphere microbes, but are notoriously difficult to extract and characterise. Common methods produce either substantial noise from the soil or do not mimic natural systems. Optimising methods for root exudate collection in soil is crucial for advancing our understanding of root-microbe interactions under changing environmental conditions. 2. Hybrid root exudate collection methods, where plants are grown in soil and transferred to hydroponics for exudate collection after root washing, might offer an ecologically relevant alternative to existing approaches. However, this metho

SUBMITTER: Williams A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8444088 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature