| Title | Elevated CO(2) and nitrogen influence exudation of soluble organic compounds by ectomycorrhizal root systems. | | Author(s) | Fransson PM, Johansson EM | | Institution | Department of Forest Mycology and Pathology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. | | Source | FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2009 Oct 13. | | Abstract | Abstract Root and mycelial exudation contributes significantly to soil carbon (C) fluxes, and is likely to be altered by an elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO(2)) concentration and nitrogen (N) deposition. We quantified soluble, low-molecular-weight (LMW) organic compounds exuded by ectomycorrhizal plants grown under ambient (360 p.p.m.) or elevated (710 p.p.m.) CO(2) concentrations and with different N sources. Scots pine seedlings, colonized by one of five different ectomycorrhizal or nonmycorrhizal fungi, received 70 muM N, either as NH(4)Cl or as alanine, in a liquid growth medium. Exudation of LMW organic acids (LMWOAs), dissolved monosaccharides and total dissolved organic carbon were determined. Both N and CO(2) had a significant impact on exudation, especially of LMWOAs. Exudation of LMWOAs was negatively affected by inorganic N and decreased by 30-85% compared with the organic N treatment, irrespective of the CO(2) treatment. Elevated CO(2) had a clear impact on the production of individual LMWOAs, although with very contrasting effects depending on which N source was supplied. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19889031 |
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