Roots take up labeled nitrogen from a depth of 9 m in a wooded savanna in Brazil

Costa Pinheiro Rafael, Bouillet Jean-Pierre, Pivello Vânia Regina, Lanzi Alo Livia, Costa Vladimir Eliodoro, Van Den Meersche Karel, Guerrini Iraê Amaral, Laclau Jean-Paul. 2021. Roots take up labeled nitrogen from a depth of 9 m in a wooded savanna in Brazil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry:108282, 8 p.

Quartile : Q1, Sujet : SOIL SCIENCE

Résumé : The savannas (called Cerrado) are the second-largest vegetation formation in Brazil after the Amazon rainforest, with about 2 million km2. Roots have been found in very deep soil layers in Cerrado ecosystems, which suggests a crucial role of deep rooting in the supply of water and nutrients over dry periods. The aim of our study was to gain insight into the complementarity of common Cerrado woody species in taking up mobile nutrients throughout deep soil profiles. In a closed-canopy savanna with dense woody understory, labeled nitrate was injected into the soil at six soil depths (0.1, 1.5, 3.0, 6.0, 9.0, or 12.0 m) with three plots per depth, at two dates (in rainy and dry seasons). Five months after labeled nitrate injection, young leaves were sampled and foliar δ15N was determined in each plot in the three most common woody species (Coussarea hydrangeifolia, Miconia albicans and Xylopia aromatica). The maximum depth of 15N uptake was dependent on the species. X. aromatica trees took up 15N from a maximum depth of 9 m and exploited a much larger soil volume than the two other species, with the uptake of 15N at a horizontal distance of up to 5 m between the trunk and the injection site. The behavior of M. albicans and C. hydrangeifolia was similar, with a strong uptake of 15N only in the 0–1.5 m soil layer, within 2 m horizontally from the injection site. The depth of 15N uptake over the dry season was not related to the diameter at breast height of the woody plants sampled. We show that roots can take up labeled nitrogen from a depth of 9 m in tropical wooded savannas, which suggests an important role of deep-rooted species in closing biogeochemical cycles on highly weathered tropical soils.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : savane, racine, enracinement, relation plante eau, besoin en eau, besoin nutritionnel, transport des substances nutritives, azote, physiologie végétale, écosystème forestier, cycle dans les écosystèmes

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Brésil, Sao Paulo

Mots-clés complémentaires : Cerrado, Coussarea hydrangeifolia, Miconia albicans, Xylopia aromatica

Mots-clés libres : 15N, Cerrado, Deep roots, Nutrient, Tropical savanna

Classification Agris : F61 - Physiologie végétale - Nutrition
P33 - Chimie et physique du sol

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 2 (2019-) - Transitions agroécologiques

Auteurs et affiliations

• Costa Pinheiro Rafael, UNESP (BRA)
• Bouillet Jean-Pierre, CIRAD-PERSYST-UMR Eco&Sols (MDG)
• Pivello Vânia Regina, USP (BRA)
• Lanzi Alo Livia, CIRAD-PERSYST-UMR Eco&Sols (FRA)
• Costa Vladimir Eliodoro, UNESP (BRA)
• Van Den Meersche Karel, CIRAD-PERSYST-UMR Eco&Sols (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0002-0866-7657
• Guerrini Iraê Amaral, UNESP (BRA)
• Laclau Jean-Paul, CIRAD-DG-Direction générale (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0002-2506-214X - auteur correspondant

Source : Cirad-Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/598347/)

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