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Modelling Nitrogen Uptake in Plants and Phytoplankton: Advantages of Integrating Flexibility into the Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Nitrate Absorption
- Source :
- Agronomy, Agronomy, MDPI, 2019, 9 (3), pp.116, Agronomy 3 (9), 116. (2019), Agronomy, Vol 9, Iss 3, p 116 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2019.
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Abstract
- Under field conditions, plants need to optimize nutrient ion and water acquisition in their fluctuating environment. One of the most important variables involved in variations of ion uptake processes is temperature. It modifies the thermodynamic processes of root uptake and ion diffusion in soil throughout day⁻night and ontogenetic cycles. Yet, most models of nitrogen (N) uptake in plants are built from set values of microscopic kinetic parameters, Vm and Km, derived from a Michaelis⁻Menten (MM) interpretation of nutrient isotherms. An isotherm is a curve depicting the response of root nitrate influx to external nitrate concentrations at a given temperature. Models using the MM formalism are based on several implicit assumptions that do not always hold, such as homothetic behavior of the kinetic parameters between the different root biological scales, i.e., the epidermis cell, root segments, root axes, and the whole root system. However, in marine phytoplankton, it has been clearly demonstrated that the macroscopic behavior in the nutrient uptake of a colony cannot be confounded with the microscopic behavior of individual cells, due to the cell diffusion boundary layer. The same is also true around plant root segments. Improved N uptake models should either take into account the flexibility of the kinetic parameters of nitrate uptake at the cellular level (porter⁻diffusion approach) or use the more realistic macroscopic kinetic parameters proposed by the flow⁻force approach. Here we present recent solutions proposed in marine phytoplankton and plant nutrient uptake models to make a more flexible description of the nutrient ion uptake process. Use of the mechanistic porter⁻diffusion approach developed in marine phytoplankton introduces more flexibility in response to cell characteristics and physical processes driven by temperature (diffusion and convection). The thermodynamic flow⁻force interpretation of plant-based nutrient uptake isotherms introduces more flexibility in response to environmental cues and root aging. These two approaches could help solve many problems that modelers encounter in these two research areas.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
root growth
cell populations
chemistry.chemical_element
Root system
01 natural sciences
nitrogen
Diffusion layer
lcsh:Agriculture
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
population cellulaire
Nutrient
Nitrate
nitrate
Phytoplankton
ion transport models
[SDV.BV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology
Diffusion (business)
modèle logistique
nitrateion transport models
logistic models
nutrient uptake-kinetics
diffusion
root aging
phytoplankton
cell population
030304 developmental biology
Thermodynamic process
logistic model
0303 health sciences
Vegetal Biology
phytoplancton
nitrogène
lcsh:S
transport d'ion
Nitrogen
croissance racinaire
chemistry
Biological system
Agronomy and Crop Science
Biologie végétale
010606 plant biology & botany
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20734395
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Agronomy, Agronomy, MDPI, 2019, 9 (3), pp.116, Agronomy 3 (9), 116. (2019), Agronomy, Vol 9, Iss 3, p 116 (2019)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....42fd7f30ee9d0b695cb5099be02cd047