The levels of essential inorganic nutrients have to be tightly controlled inside individual cells and organs, but information about nutrient uptake and needs also have to be transferred between organs to optimize nutrient allocation, especially in plants growing under sub-optimal conditions.
Seed production can be significantly enhanced in mycorrhizal plants, due not only to a higher overall plant nutrient content but also to changes in nutrient allocation within the plant (Koide and Dickie 2002; Koide 2010, and references therein).
Weremijewicz, J., Sternberg, L. S. L. O. & Janos, D. P. Common mycorrhizal networks amplify competition by preferential mineral nutrient allocation to large host plants.
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional imaging technique that can be used to determine whole-plant transport and nutrient allocation by quantifying the distribution of a positron emitting radioisotope in a plant non-invasively, over a time-course, and with a spatial resolution of a few millimeters.
The coffee plant may also be changing priorities for nutrient allocation from primary growth to fruiting in winter, resulting in reduced vegetative growth.
Substantial differences exist between the nutrient allocation rules adopted in different modelling studies [3], [19], [34].
They are able to cause strong changes in plant biomass and nutrient allocation, water content and the concentration of chemical defence compounds [17], [18], [20], [21], [22], [23].
Okamoto, S., Tabata, R. & Matsubayashi, Y. Long-distance peptide signalling essential for nutrient homeostasis in plants.
Our modeling framework has been designed to estimate historical as well as current monthly patterns in plant carbon fixation, living biomass increments, nutrient allocation, litter fall and decomposition, long-term decay of downed woody pools, soil CO 2 respiration, and soil nutrient mineralization before, during, and after disturbance events such as wildfires.
Dalcorso, G., Manara, A., Piasentin, S. & Furini, A. Nutrient metal elements in plants.
McGrath, J. M. & Lobell, D. B. Reduction of transpiration and altered nutrient allocation contribute to nutrient decline of crops grown in elevated CO2 concentrations.
