ArticlePlant methods2018
A sterile hydroponic system for characterising root exudates from specific root types and whole-root systems of large crop plants.
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- Distinct metabolite classes in root exudates are indicative for field- or hydroponically-grown cover crops.Frontiers in plant science · 2023Article
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- The root signals in rhizospheric inter-organismal communications.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Review
- Plants Dictate Root Microbial Composition in Hydroponics and Aquaponics.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
- Comparison of chrysanthemum flowers grown under hydroponic and soil-based systems: yield and transcriptome analysis.BMC plant biology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundPlant roots release a variety of organic compounds into the soil which alter the physical, chemical and biological properties of the rhizosphere. Root exudates are technically challenging to measure in soil because roots are difficult to access and exudates can be bound by minerals or consumed by microorganisms. Exudates are easier to measure with hydroponically-grown plants but, even here, simple compounds such as sugars and organic acids can be rapidly assimilated by microorganisms. Sterile hydroponic systems avoid this shortcoming but it is very difficult to maintain sterility for long periods especially for larger crop species. As a consequence, studies often use small model species such as
resultsWe developed a simple hydroponic system for cultivating large crop plants in sterile conditions for more than 30 days. Using this system wheat (
conclusionsWe developed a simple hydroponic system that enables cereal plants to be grown in sterile conditions for longer periods than previously recorded. Using this system we measured, for the first time, the aluminium-activated efflux of malate from the major types of wheat roots. We showed the system can also be used for collecting exudates from intact root systems of 30-day-old barley plants. This hydroponic system can be modified for various purposes. Importantly it enables the study of exudates from crop species with mature root systems.
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