Plant secondary compounds in soil and their role in belowground species interactions

Knowledge about the effect of plant secondary compounds (PSCs) on belowground interactions in the more diffuse community of species living outside the rhizosphere is sparse compared to what we know about how PSCs affect aboveground interactions. We illustrate here that PSCs from foliar tissue, root...

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Autores: Ehlers, Bodil K., Berg, Matty P.|||0000-0001-8442-8503, Staudt, Michael, Holmstrup, Martin, Glasius, Marianne, Ellers, Jacintha, Tomiolo, Sara, Madsen, René B., Slotsbo, Stine, Peñuelas, Josep|||0000-0002-7215-0150
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:257070
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/257070
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.tree.2020.04.001
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Chemical ecology
Soil functioning
Climate change
Soil organisms
Aboveground-belowground interactions
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Sumario:Knowledge about the effect of plant secondary compounds (PSCs) on belowground interactions in the more diffuse community of species living outside the rhizosphere is sparse compared to what we know about how PSCs affect aboveground interactions. We illustrate here that PSCs from foliar tissue, root exudates, and leaf litter effectively influence such belowground plant-plant, plant microorganism, and plant-soil invertebrate interactions. Climatic factors can induce PSC production and select for different plant chemical types. Climate change can therefore alter both quantitative and qualitative PSC production, and how these compounds move in the soil. This can change the soil chemical environments, with cascading effects on both the ecology and evolution of belowground species interactions, and ultimately soil functioning.