SynthesisCommunications biology2022
Biomass partitioning of plants under soil pollution stress.
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- Biomass partitioning of plants under soil pollution stress.Communications biology · 2022Pooled it
- The effects of stand spatial structure on the aboveground biomass allocation in Chinese fir (Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- The Concept of One Health for Allergic Diseases and Asthma.Allergy, asthma & immunology research · 2023Review
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Abstract
Polluted sites are ubiquitous worldwide but how plant partition their biomass between different organs in this context is unclear. Here, we identified three possible drivers of biomass partitioning in our controlled study along pollution gradients: plant size reduction (pollution effect) combined with allometric scaling between organs; early deficit in root surfaces (pollution effect) inducing a decreased water uptake; increased biomass allocation to roots to compensate for lower soil resource acquisition consistent with the optimal partitioning theory (plant response). A complementary meta-analysis showed variation in biomass partitioning across published studies, with grass and woody species having distinct modifications of their root: shoot ratio. However, the modelling of biomass partitioning drivers showed that single harvest experiments performed in previous studies prevent identifying the main drivers at stake. The proposed distinction between pollution effects and plant response will help to improve our knowledge of plant allocation strategies in the context of pollution.
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