Paper · 1993 · New Phytologist

Calcium amelioration of aluminium toxicity effects on root hair development in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]

D. J. BRADY; D.G. EDWARDS; C.J. ASHER; et al.

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Abstract

in solution reduce root growth and root hair development in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. Calcium (Ca) ameliorates to a certain extent the toxic effects of Al on root growth, but the interactive effects of Ca and Al on root hair development are not known. In the absence of added Al in solution culture, Ca concentration over the range 500-2000 μM had little effect on root growth or root hair development of soybean cv. Fitzroy. Where the sum of the activities of the monomeric Al species was 2 μM, taproot elongation and lateral root development of soybean was suppressed in solution with 500 μM Ca. The length of the root hair zone was only 10% of that in plants not exposed to Al, and scanning electron microscopy revealed a low density of root hairs. Increasing the Ca concentration to 2000 μM largely overcame these deleterious effects. The results are discussed in relation to the role of root hairs as infection sites for Bradyrhizobium, and the known effects of Al in suppressing nodulation in soybean.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Without aluminium, calcium from 500 to 2000 μM had little effect on root growth or root hair development.

Taxon
soybeanGlycine maxe0
Material
Fitzroye0
Treatment
Ca concentration over the range 500-2000 μMe0
Outcome
root growth or root hair developmente0
Direction
little effecte0

Not reportedComparator

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Glycine max
Glycine max · TaxonPublic domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“In the absence of added Al in solution culture, Ca concentration over the range 500-2000 μM had little effect on root growth or root hair development of soybean cv. Fitzroy.”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

At 2 μM aluminium species and 500 μM calcium, taproot elongation and lateral root development were suppressed.

Taxon
soybeanGlycine maxe0
Treatment
monomeric Al species was 2 μMe0
Outcome
taproot elongation and lateral root developmente0
Direction
suppressede0
Qualifier
500 μM Cae0

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Glycine max
Glycine max · TaxonPublic domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Where the sum of the activities of the monomeric Al species was 2 μM, taproot elongation and lateral root development of soybean was suppressed in solution with 500 μM Ca.”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

With aluminium, the root hair zone was 10% of that without aluminium.

Taxon
soybeanGlycine maxt0
Treatment
Ale0
Outcome
length of the root hair zonee0
Direction
onlye0
Value
10%e0
Comparator
plants not exposed to Ale0

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Glycine max
Glycine max · TaxonPublic domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The length of the root hair zone was only 10% of that in plants not exposed to Al”

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“soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Scanning electron microscopy showed low root hair density under aluminium.

Taxon
soybeanGlycine maxt0
Outcome
low density of root hairse0

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Glycine max
Glycine max · TaxonPublic domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“scanning electron microscopy revealed a low density of root hairs”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 693–758 · show in text ↑
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“soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Increasing calcium to 2000 μM largely overcame aluminium damage to roots and root hairs.

Taxon
soybeanGlycine maxt0
Treatment
Increasing the Ca concentration to 2000 μMe0
Outcome
deleterious effectse0
Direction
largely overcamee0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Glycine max
Glycine max · TaxonPublic domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Increasing the Ca concentration to 2000 μM largely overcame these deleterious effects.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 760–846 · show in text ↑
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“soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]”

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calcium atom · growth · Glycine max (soybean)Results differ

35 papers: 26 positive, 9 negative or no effect

8 papers in the same direction as this paper · 26 in the opposite direction

This paper is about lacking the nutrient, so it counts the other way round here.

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aluminium atom · growth · Glycine max (soybean)Results differ

44 papers: 16 positive, 28 negative or no effect

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  1. positive
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