Physiotyping of Plants and Modeling the Soil Plant Atmospheric Continuum (SPAC)

Gert Bachmann; Franz Hadacek

doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-3778-4_4

Physiotyping of Plants and Modeling the Soil Plant Atmospheric Continuum (SPAC)

Methods Mol Biol. 2024:2787:69-80. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3778-4_4.

Authors

Gert Bachmann¹, Franz Hadacek²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. gert.bachmann@univie.ac.at.
² Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, Department for Plant Biochemistry, Georg August Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.

PMID: 38656482
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3778-4_4

Abstract

This chapter presents a holistic and quantitative approach to the carbon cycle in plant systems biology. It includes (rapid) phenotyping and monitoring of physiological key interactions of plants with its respective soil and atmospheric environment (soil plant atmospheric continuum-SPAC). The approach aims at qualifying and quantifying key components of this microhabitat as influenced by a single plant or a local group of plants in order to contribute to a flux-based modelling approach. The toolset consists of plant biometry, gas exchange, metabolomics, ionomics, root exudate characterization as well as soil biological and physical-chemical characterization. The results are presented as a basic interaction and input-output model aka conceptual system model employing H. T. Odum-style plots based on empirical data.

Keywords: Carbon cycle; Odum plots; Phenotyping; Physiotypes; Root exudate; Systems biology; SPAC.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Atmosphere* / chemistry
Carbon Cycle
Ecosystem
Metabolomics / methods
Models, Biological
Phenotype
Plant Roots / metabolism
Plants* / metabolism
Soil* / chemistry

Substances

Soil