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Plant and Cell Physiology, 2001, Vol. 42, No. 5 546-554
© 2001 Oxford University Press

Magnesium Ameliorates Aluminum Rhizotoxicity in Soybean by Increasing Citric Acid Production and Exudation by Roots

Ivo R. Silva1, Thomas J. Smyth2,5, Daniel W. Israel3, Charles D. Raper2 and Thomas W. Rufty4

1 Department of Soil Science, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil 2 Department of Soil Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A. 3 USDA-ARS, Department of Soil Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A. 4 Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Superior effectiveness of Mg over Ca in alleviating Al rhizotoxicity cannot be accounted for by predicted changes in plasma membrane Al3+ activity. The influence of Ca and Mg on the production and secretion of citrate and malate, and on Al accumulation by roots was investigated with soybean genotypes Young and PI 416937 which differ in Al tolerance. In the presence of a solution Al3+ activity of 4.6 µM, citrate and malate concentrations of tap root tips of both genotypes increased with additions of either Ca up to 3 mM or Mg up to 50 µM. Citrate efflux rate from roots exposed to Al was only enhanced with Mg additions and exceeded malate efflux rates by as much as 50-fold. Maximum citrate release occurred within 12 h after adding Mg to solution treatments. Adding 50 µM Mg to 0.8 mM CaSO4 solutions containing Al3+ activities up to 4.6 µM increased citrate concentration of tap root tips by 3- to 5-fold and root exudation of citrate by 6- to 9-fold. Plants treated with either 50 µM Mg or 3 mM Ca had similar reductions in Al accumulation at tap root tips, which coincided with the respective ability of these ions to relieve Al rhizotoxicity. Amelioration of Al inhibition of soybean root elongation by low concentrations of Mg in solution involved Mg-stimulated production and efflux of citrate by roots.

5 Corresponding author: E-mail: jot_smyth@ncsu.edu; Fax, +1-919-515-7422.


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