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Interplay between Plant Functional Traits and Soil Carbon Sequestration under Ambient and Elevated CO 2 Levels

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  • Siddhartha Shankar Bhattacharyya

    (Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
    Texas A&M AgriLife Research, College Station, TX 77843, USA)

  • Pedro Mondaca

    (Center of Biotechnology “Dr. Daniel Alkalay Lowitt”, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, General Bari 699, Valparaiso 1680, Chile
    Molecular Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Avenida España, Valparaiso 1680, Chile)

  • Oloka Shushupti

    (Department of Soil, Water and Environment, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh)

  • Sharjeel Ashfaq

    (Institute of Soil Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), 1180 Vienna, Austria)

Abstract

Unique plant functional traits (morpho-physio-anatomical) may respond to novel environmental conditions to counterbalance elevated carbon dioxide (eCO 2 ) concentrations. Utilizing CO 2 , plants produce photoassimilates (carbohydrates). A mechanistic understanding of partitioning and translocation of carbon/photoassimilates into different plant parts and soils under ambient and eCO 2 is required. In this study, we examine and present the intrinsic relationship between plant functional traits and eCO 2 and seek answers to (i) how do plant functional traits (morpho-physio-anatomical features) affect C storage and partitioning under ambient and eCO 2 in different plant parts? (ii) How do plant functional traits influence C transfer to the soil and rhizosphere services? Our study suggests that morpho-physio-anatomical features are interlinked, and under eCO 2 , plant functional traits influence the quantity of C accumulation inside the plant biomass, its potential translocation to different plant parts, and to the soil. The availability of additional photoassimilates aids in increasing the above- and belowground growth of plants. Moreover, plants may retain a predisposition to build thick leaves due to reduced specific leaf area, thicker palisade tissue, and higher palisade/sponge tissue thickness. eCO 2 and soil-available N can alter root anatomy, the release of metabolites, and root respiration, impacting potential carbon transfer to the soil.

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  • Siddhartha Shankar Bhattacharyya & Pedro Mondaca & Oloka Shushupti & Sharjeel Ashfaq, 2023. "Interplay between Plant Functional Traits and Soil Carbon Sequestration under Ambient and Elevated CO 2 Levels," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-20, May.
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