Leaf metabolic traits reveal hidden dimensions of plant form and function

0576042 - ÚVGZ 2024 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Walker, T.W.N. - Schrodt, F. - Allard, P.-M. - Defossez, E. - Jassey, V.E.J. - Schuman, M.C. - Alexander, J.M. - Baines, O. - Baldy, V. - Bardgett, R.D. - Capdevila, P. - Coley, P. D. - Van Dam, N. M. - David, B. - Descombes, P. - Endara, M. - Fernandez, C. - Forrister, D. - Gargallo-Garriga, Albert - Glauser, G. - Marr, S. - Neumann, S. - Pellissier, L. - Peters, K. - Rasmann, S. - Roessner, U. - Salguero-Gómez, R. - Sardans, J. - Weckwerth, W. - Wolfender, J.-L. - Penuelas, J.
Leaf metabolic traits reveal hidden dimensions of plant form and function.
Science Advances. Roč. 9, č. 35 (2023), č. článku eadi4029. ISSN 2375-2548. E-ISSN 2375-2548
Research Infrastructure: CzeCOS IV - 90248
Institutional support: RVO:86652079
Keywords : fast-slow continuum * distributions * prediction * diversity * plant leaves * phenotype * metabolome
OECD category: Plant sciences, botany
Impact factor: 13.6, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adi4029

The metabolome is the biochemical basis of plant form and function, but we know little about its macroecological variation across the plant kingdom. Here, we used the plant functional trait concept to interpret leaf metabolome variation among 457 tropical and 339 temperate plant species. Distilling metabolite chemistry into five metabolic functional traits reveals that plants vary on two major axes of leaf metabolic specialization-a leaf chemical defense spectrum and an expression of leaf longevity. Axes are similar for tropical and temperate species, with many trait combinations being viable. However, metabolic traits vary orthogonally to life-history strategies described by widely used functional traits. The metabolome thus expands the functional trait concept by providing additional axes of metabolic specialization for examining plant form and function.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0345748