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Articles | Volume 13, issue 5
Articles | Volume 13, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1693-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1693-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 5
Research article
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18 Mar 2016
Research article |  | 18 Mar 2016

Direct uptake of organically derived carbon by grass roots and allocation in leaves and phytoliths: 13C labeling evidence

Anne Alexandre, Jérôme Balesdent, Patrick Cazevieille, Claire Chevassus-Rosset, Patrick Signoret, Jean-Charles Mazur, Araks Harutyunyan, Emmanuel Doelsch, Isabelle Basile-Doelsch, Hélène Miche, and Guaciara M. Santos

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This 13C labeling experiment demonstrates that carbon can be absorbed by the roots, translocated in the plant, and ultimately fixed in organic compounds subject to occlusion in silica particles that form inside plant cells (phytoliths). Plausible forms of carbon absorbed, translocated, and fixed in phytoliths are assessed. Implications for our understanding of the C cycle at the plant-soil-atmosphere interface are discussed.
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