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SUBMITTER: de Vries FT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6771481 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
de Vries Franciska T FT Williams Alex A Stringer Fiona F Willcocks Robert R McEwing Rosie R Langridge Holly H Straathof Angela L AL
The New phytologist 20190724 1
Root exudates play an important role in ecosystem response to climate change, but the functional consequences of drought-induced changes in the quality of root exudates are unknown. Here, we addressed this knowledge gap in a unique experimental approach. We subjected two common grassland species that differ widely in their growth strategies and root systems, the grass Holcus lanatus and the forb Rumex acetosa, to 2 wk of drought. We collected root exudates and soils at the end of the drought and ...[more]