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Plant-borne flavonoids released into the rhizosphere: impact on soil bio-activities related to plant nutrition. A review

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Plants produce and release in the surrounding soil, the so-called rhizosphere, a vast variety of secondary metabolites. Among them, flavonoids are the most studied, mainly for their role in the establishment of rhizobium–legume symbiosis; on the other hand, some studies highlight that they are also important in the plant strategies to acquire nutrients from the soil, for example, by acting on its chemistry. The scope of this review is to give a quick overview on the types and amounts of plant-released flavonoids in order to focus on their effects on soil activities that in turn can influence nutrient availability and so plant mineral nutrition; emphasis is given to the different nutrient cycles, soil enzyme, and soil bacteria activities, and their influence on soil macrofauna and roots of other plants. Finally, the possible outcome of the climate change on these processes is discussed.

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Research was supported by grants from Italian MIUR (FIRB-Programma “Futuro in Ricerca” and PRIN 2009), Free University of Bolzano (TN5031 und TN5046), Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano (Rhizotyr-TN5218); the University of Florence thanks the Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze.

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  1. Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, Piazza Università 5, 39100, Bolzano, Italy

    S. Cesco, T. Mimmo & G. Tonon

  2. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, University of Udine, 33100, Udine, Italy

    N. Tomasi & R. Pinton

  3. Dipartimento di Biologia e Chimica Agro-forestale e Ambientale, University of Bari, 70126, Bari, Italy

    R. Terzano

  4. Institute of Plant Nutrition, University of Hohenheim, 70593, Stuttgart, Germany

    G. Neumann

  5. Department of Microbiology, Botanical Institute, University of Zürich, 8008, Zürich, Switzerland

    L. Weisskopf

  6. Dipartimento di Scienza del Suolo e Nutrizione della Pianta, University of Firenze, Florence, Italy

    G. Renella, L. Landi & P. Nannipieri

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Cesco, S., Mimmo, T., Tonon, G. et al. Plant-borne flavonoids released into the rhizosphere: impact on soil bio-activities related to plant nutrition. A review. Biol Fertil Soils 48, 123–149 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-011-0653-2

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