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Phytosiderophore release occurs under both iron and zinc deficiencies in representative Poaceae and has been speculated to be a general adaptive response to enhance the acquisition of micronutrient metals. To test this hypothesis, phytosiderophore (PS) release rates from barley (Hordeum vulgare cv. CM72) subjected to deficiencies of Fe, Zn, Mn, and Cu were compared using chelator-buffered nutrient solutions. PS release rates were determined at two day intervals during onset and development of deficiency symptoms. Plant dry matter yields and nutrient concentrations, measured at three time points were used to construct growth curves for calculation of PS release per unit root mass and estimation of critical internal nutrient levels associated with PS release. In comparison to trace metal-sufficient control plants, dry matter production was markedly reduced in the Zn, Mn, and Cu deficiency treatments, with final relative yields of 49, 61, and 34%, respectively. Relative yields for Fe-deficient plants grown at three suboptimal Fe levels ranged from 95 to 33% of control, and provided a basis for comparison of PS release rates by Zn-, Mn-, and Cu-deficient plants at similar levels of growth inhibition. Under Fe deficiency, PS release increased with severity of the deficiency as measured by foliar Fe concentration, yield reduction, and chlorosis. Changes in PS release rates over time suggested a cyclical pattern that may be regulated by Fe concentration in the plant shoot. The highest rate of PS release (35 μmol g−1 root dw 2 h−1) was measured after 10 days of growth at pFe 19, whereas control plants adapted for growth at pFe 17 released only 2 to 3 μmol g−1 root dw 2 h−1. In a second experiment, maximum PS release rates for barley subjected to Zn, Mn, and Cu deficiencies were only 2.6, 2.5 and 1 μmol g−1 2 h−1, respectively and were only slightly elevated over those of the control plants (ca. 1 μmol g−1 root dw 2 h−1) grown at pFe 16.5. Moreover, enhanced PS release under Zn deficiency occurred much later, after the deficiency had already caused severely reduced growth. The results suggest that phytosiderophore release in this barley cultivar is a specific response to Fe deficiency and is not significantly induced in response to deficiencies of other trace metals.
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Gries, D., Brunn, S., Crowley, D.E. et al. Phytosiderophore release in relation to micronutrient metal deficiencies in barley. Plant Soil 172, 299–308 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00011332
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