Carbohydrate storage in herbs: the forgotten functional dimension of the plant economic spectrum

0549520 - BÚ 2022 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Lubbe, Frederick Curtis - Klimeš, Adam - Doležal, Jiří - Jandová, Veronika - Mudrák, Ondřej - Janeček, Š. - Bartušková, Alena - Klimešová, Jitka
Carbohydrate storage in herbs: the forgotten functional dimension of the plant economic spectrum.
Annals of Botany. Roč. 127, č. 6 (2021), s. 813-825. ISSN 0305-7364. E-ISSN 1095-8290
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA19-13103S; GA ČR(CZ) GA19-13231S; GA MŠMT LTT20003
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : Anatomy * belowground * herbaceous plant * lignin * non-structural carbohydrates * plant economic spectrum * storage * persistence
OECD category: Ecology
Impact factor: 5.040, year: 2021
Method of publishing: Limited access

We collected aboveground traits associated with the economic spectrum, storage organ turnover traits, storage organ inner structure traits and storage carbohydrate concentrations for ~80 temperate meadow species. The suites of belowground traits were largely independent of one another, but there was significant correlation of the aboveground traits with both inner structure and storage carbohydrates. Anatomical traits diverged according to leaf nitrogen concentration on the one hand and vessel area and dry matter content on the other, carbohydrates separated along gradients of leaf nitrogen concentration and plant height. Belowground traits associated with the aboveground economic spectrum also did not fall clearly within the fast–slow economic continuum, thus indicating the presence of a more complicated economic space. Our study implies that the generally overlooked role of storage within the plant economic spectrum represents an important dimension of plant strategy.
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