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Tino Colombi¹, Bipin K Pandey², Aakash Chawade³

¹Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7014, 75007, Uppsala, Sweden.

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Understanding root acclimation to varied soil conditions is key for crop growth. This study introduces a framework to assess root plasticity and elasticity, revealing plasticity offers greater benefits with repeated soil stress.

Keywords:

bioenergetics phenotypic acclimation root–soil interactions soil heterogeneity

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Area of Science:

Plant physiology
Soil science
Agronomy

Background:

Spatiotemporal soil heterogeneity creates edaphic stress cycles impacting crop growth.
The acclimative value of root responses to these heterogeneous soil conditions requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

To establish a framework for evaluating the acclimative value of root responses to soil heterogeneity.
To differentiate between persistent (plasticity) and reversible (elasticity) stress responses in roots.

Main Methods:

Theoretical evaluation using energy balance principles.
Distinguishing root responses based on persistence and reversibility under stress release.

Main Results:

The theoretical advantage of plasticity over elasticity in root responses increases with the frequency of edaphic stress cycles.
High energy gains from root responses further enhance the benefit of plasticity.

Conclusions:

The proposed framework provides a conceptual basis for assessing the acclimative significance of root behaviors in heterogeneous soils.
This research can stimulate further studies on crop adaptation strategies for challenging belowground environments.