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The global root exudate carbon flux

Chari, N. R.; Tumber-Davila, S. J.; Phillips, R. P.; Bauerle, T. L.; Brunn, M.; Hafner, B. D.; Klein, T.; Obersteiner, S.; Reay, M. K.; Ullah, S.; Taylor, B. N.

2024-02-06 ecology
10.1101/2024.02.01.578470 bioRxiv
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Root exudation, the export of low-molecular weight organic carbon (C) from living plant roots to soil, influences microbial activity, nutrient availability, and ecosystem feedbacks to climate change, but the magnitude of this C flux at ecosystem and global scales is largely unknown. Here, we synthesize in situ measurements of root exudation rates and couple those to estimates of fine root biomass to estimate global and biome-level root exudate C fluxes. We estimate a global root exudate flux of 15.2 PgC y-1, or about 10% of global annual gross primary productivity. We found no differences in root mass-specific exudation rates among biomes, though total exudate fluxes are estimated to be greatest in grasslands owing to their high density of absorptive root biomass. Our synthesis highlights the global importance of root exudates in the terrestrial C cycle and identifies regions where more in situ measurements are needed to improve future estimates of root exudate C fluxes.

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