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The role of root carboxylate release on rare earth element (hyper)accumulation in plants – a biogeochemical perspective on rhizosphere chemistry

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Abstract The paper of van der Ent et al. (Plant Soil 485:247–257, 2023), published in the previous issue, reports the hyperaccumulation of rare earth elements (REE) in plant species from the Proteaceae for the first time. Indeed, the high REE accumulation in Proteaceae is not completely unexpected, given that the plants release large amounts of carboxylates to acquire phosphorus and micronutrients. However, it is somewhat questionable that the efficiency of element mobilization alone sufficiently explains the large variability in REE accumulation among different taxa of Proteaceae or other P-efficient species that typically show low concentrations of REE. Given that REE 3+ share chemical similarities to Ca 2+ but form stable complexes with ligands similar to Al 3+ , it is reasonable that uptake and accumulation of REE depend not solely on element mobility but also on the dynamics of element speciation governed by the formation, stability, and fate of carboxylate-REE-complexes in the rhizosheaths. The rationale behind this contention is that for elements with low mobility in soil, changes in chemical speciation may increase the availability only if the complex stabilities that depend on rhizosphere pH allow a breakdown during uptake. In this commentary, we explore the idea that REE accumulation depends on rhizosphere processes related to nutrient acquisition and element exclusion that overlap in time, space, and function depending on the composition of metal-chelating ligands released by plant roots in concert with rhizosphere pH. Based on data from greenhouse and field experiments, we propose a model where plants with a P-mining strategy (hyper)accumulate REE when rhizosphere pH is below a critical value shifting the REE speciation to available forms.
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hal-04183821 , version 1 (13-09-2023)

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Oliver Wiche, Olivier Pourret. The role of root carboxylate release on rare earth element (hyper)accumulation in plants – a biogeochemical perspective on rhizosphere chemistry. Plant and Soil, 2023, 492, pp.79-90. ⟨10.1007/s11104-023-06177-2⟩. ⟨hal-04183821⟩
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