TY - JOUR

T1 - Enhanced zinc uptake by rice through phytosiderophore secretion: a modelling study

AU - Ptashnyk, Mariya

AU - Roose, Tina

AU - Jones, Davey L.

AU - Kirk, Guy J. D.

PY - 2011/12

Y1 - 2011/12

N2 - Rice (Oryza sativa L.) secretes far smaller amounts of metal‐complexing phytosiderophores (PS) than other grasses. But there is increasing evidence that it relies on PS secretion for its zinc (Zn) uptake. After nitrogen, Zn deficiency is the most common nutrient disorder in rice, affecting up to 50% of lowland rice soils globally. We developed a mathematical model of PS secretion from roots and resulting solubilization and uptake of Zn, allowing for root growth, diurnal variation in secretion, decomposition of the PS in the soil, and the transport and interaction of the PS and Zn in the soil. A sensitivity analysis showed that with realistic parameter values for rice in submerged soil, the typically observed rates of PS secretion from rice are sufficient and necessary to explain observed rates of Zn uptake. There is little effect of diurnal variation in secretion on cumulative Zn uptake, irrespective of other model parameter values, indicating that the observed diurnal variation is not causally related to Zn uptake efficiency. Rooting density has a large effect on uptake per unit PS secretion as a result of overlap of the zones of influence of neighbouring roots. The effects of other complications in the rice rhizosphere are discussed.

AB - Rice (Oryza sativa L.) secretes far smaller amounts of metal‐complexing phytosiderophores (PS) than other grasses. But there is increasing evidence that it relies on PS secretion for its zinc (Zn) uptake. After nitrogen, Zn deficiency is the most common nutrient disorder in rice, affecting up to 50% of lowland rice soils globally. We developed a mathematical model of PS secretion from roots and resulting solubilization and uptake of Zn, allowing for root growth, diurnal variation in secretion, decomposition of the PS in the soil, and the transport and interaction of the PS and Zn in the soil. A sensitivity analysis showed that with realistic parameter values for rice in submerged soil, the typically observed rates of PS secretion from rice are sufficient and necessary to explain observed rates of Zn uptake. There is little effect of diurnal variation in secretion on cumulative Zn uptake, irrespective of other model parameter values, indicating that the observed diurnal variation is not causally related to Zn uptake efficiency. Rooting density has a large effect on uptake per unit PS secretion as a result of overlap of the zones of influence of neighbouring roots. The effects of other complications in the rice rhizosphere are discussed.

KW - cereal

KW - micronutrient

KW - mugineic acid

KW - rhizosphere

KW - solubilization

U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02401.x

DO - 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02401.x

M3 - Article

VL - 34

SP - 2038

EP - 2046

JO - Plant Cell and Environment

JF - Plant Cell and Environment

SN - 0140-7791

IS - 12

ER -