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@INPROCEEDINGS{Mau:873323,
author = {Mau, Lisa and Kant, Josefine and Klose, Holger and
Kuchendorf, Christina and Nedbal, Ladislav and Roessner, Ute
and Watt, Michelle},
title = {{T}he effects of algae fertilizer on wheat root morphology},
reportid = {FZJ-2020-00641},
year = {2019},
abstract = {Global food supply is largely dependent on staple crops;
amongst them bread wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i>, L.).
To secure quantity and quality of food worldwide, new
sustainable agricultural strategies are needed. An option is
the replacement of finite rock phosphate with renewable
phosphorus sources, for example algal biomass. Wheat roots
can acquire similar amounts of phosphorus from algae as
compared to rock phosphate sources, but show alterations in
morphology<sup>1</sup>. Therefore we hypothesize that (1)
algal phosphorus is available to wheat and is taken up by
the root systems directly, and (2) differences in root
morphology between rock phosphate and algal biomass reflect
a change in uptake mode. Our approach will combine chemical
characterization of algal fertilizer and its degradation
with mass balance analyses and plant phenotyping experiments
to quantify the phosphorus forms and their uptake mode by
wheat and its root system. EcoFABs (Ecosystem FABbrications)
will be utilized for sterile cultivation of single plants of
wheat and its model Brachypodium, treated with algae.
EcoFABs were developed for live-analysis of the root and the
rhizosphere by microscopy in controlled
micro-environments<sup>2</sup>. Temporally resolved analysis
of the medium will support the exploration of dynamics in
phosphorus pools and the identification of inorganic and
organic forms used by plants. We expect that algal nutrients
can and will be utilized by the plant and that we will
observe changes in morphology, metabolism and exudate
composition in and around the root. The overall aim is to
identify traits that will allow efficient application of
algae fertilizer for agricultural systems.1. C. Schreiber et
al., J. Appl. Phycol. 30, 2827–2836 (2018).2. J. Gao et
al., J. Vis. Exp., 1–16 (2018).},
month = {May},
date = {2019-05-27},
organization = {Transatlantic Summer School -
Frontiers in Plant Sciences, Maria in
der Aue (Germany), 27 May 2019 - 31 May
2019},
subtyp = {Other},
cin = {IBG-2},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-2-20101118},
pnm = {582 - Plant Science (POF3-582)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-582},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)24},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/873323},
}