The Excretion of Di- and Tricarboxylic Acids by Roots of Higher Plants Can Strongly Improve the Acquisition of Phosphate (P) by Plants in P-Fixing Soils

Abstract

The excretion of di- and tricarboxylates by roots of higher plants represents a very ­efficient­way­to­acquire­phosphate­(P)­from­soils,­which­are­low­in­available­P.­Despite­the­extensive­experimental­work­in­evaluating­the­effect­of­carboxylates­on­the­acquisi P­acquisition­by­higher­plants.