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Switchgrass Rhizosphere Metabolite Chemistry Driven by Nitrogen Availability

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Plants and soil microorganisms interact closely in the rhizosphere where plants may exchange carbon (C) for functional benefits from the microbial community. For example, the bioenergy crop, switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ) is thought to exchange root-exuded C for nitrogen (N) fixed by diazotrophs (free-living N-fixers). However, this interaction is not well characterized and it is not known how or if switchgrass responds to diazotrophs or their activity. To explore this question, we assessed rhizosphere metabolite chemistry of switchgrass grown in a hydroponic system under two N levels and under inoculated or uninoculated conditions. We found switchgrass root exudate chemistry to be more responsive to N availability than to diazotroph presence. Total metabolite concentrations were generally greater under high N versus low N and unaffected by inoculation. Examination of rhizosphere chemical fingerprints indicates metabolite chemistry was also driven strongly by N availability with a greater relative abundance of carbohydrates under high N and greater relative abundance of organic acids under low N. We also found evidence of changes in rhizosphere chemical fingerprints by inoculation treatment suggesting a potential for switchgrass to respond or even recruit diazotrophs. However, we found little evidence of N treatment and inoculation interaction effects which suggests switchgrass response to diazotroph presence is not mediated by N availability.

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Metadata

Authors
Smercina, D. N., Bowsher, A. W., Evans, S. E., Friesen, M. L., Eder, E. K., Hoyt, D. W., & Tiemann, L. K.
Affiliations
  • Michigan State University (US)
  • Washington State University (US)
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (US)
Venue
Phytobiomes Journal
Publisher
openRxiv
Published
2019-10-16
Volume
5
Issue
1
Pages
88-96
ISSN
2471-2906 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3010294298
Cited by
18
References
1
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 1
FWCI
1.78
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc-nd
Locations
  • Phytobiomes Journal (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (DEAC02-05CH11231, 1832042, DE-SC0018409, DEAC05–76RL01830, 76RL01830)
  • U.S. Department of Energy (FC02-07ER64494, DE-AC05–76RL01830, -AC02-05CH11231, 07ER64494, DESC0014108, 76RL01830, AC05-76RL01830, DE-AC05?, 05CH11231, grid.436923.9, DE AC02 05CH11231, 436923.9, DEFC0207ER64494, DESC0018409, DEB 1832042, DE-AC02-)
  • Michigan State University (DE-AC02-05CH11231, DEB 1832042)
  • Joint Genome Institute (AC02-05CH11231, DE–AC02–05CH11231)
  • Office of Science (DESC0014108, DESC0018409, DEAC02–05CH11231, FC02-07ER64494, AC02-05CH11231, DE-AC02, grid.436923.9, DEFC0207ER64494, DE‐AC05‐76 RL01830)
  • College of Engineering, Michigan State University
  • Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (DE‐FC02‐07ER64494, DE-SC0018409, DEB 1832042, SC0018409, DE-AC02-05CH11231)
  • Biological and Environmental Research (DE-AC05-76 RL01830, 05CH11231, DE‐SC0018409, DE-AC02 − 05CH11231, AC05-76RL01830, DE-FC02-07ER64494, 76RL01830, SC0018409, DE-SC0014108, AC02-05CH11231, grid.436923.9)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
Keywords
switchgrass, rhizosphere metabolites, nitrogen availability, root exudates, Azotobacter vinelandii, nitrogen-fixing bacteria, nitrogen fixation, plant-microbe interactions, organic acids, carbohydrates, energy crops, hydroponics

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