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Mohanned Abdalla
Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany

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Published: 17 March 2021 in Sustainability
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The rhizosphere is one of the major components in the soil–plant–atmosphere continuum which controls the flow of water from the soil into roots. Plant roots release mucilage in the rhizosphere which is capable of altering the physio-chemical properties of this region. Here, we showed how mucilage impacted on rhizosphere hydraulic properties, using simple experiments. An artificial rhizosphere, treated or not with mucilage, was placed in a soil sample and suction was applied to mimic the negative pressure in plant xylem. The measured water contents and matric potential were coupled with numerical models to estimate the water retention curve and hydraulic conductivity. A slower loss of water was observed in the treated scenario which resulted in an increase in water retention. Moreover, a slightly lower hydraulic conductivity was initially observed in the treated scenario (8.44 × 10−4 cm s−1) compared to the controlled one in saturated soil. Over soil drying, a relatively higher unsaturated hydraulic conductivity was observed. In summary, we demonstrated that mucilage altered the rhizosphere hydraulic properties and enhanced the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity. These findings improve our understanding of how plants capture more water, and postulate that mucilage secretion could be an optimal trait for plant survival during soil drying.

ACS Style

Faisal Hayat; Mohanned Abdalla; Muhammad Munir. Effect of Chia Seed Mucilage on the Rhizosphere Hydraulic Characteristics. Sustainability 2021, 13, 3303 .

AMA Style

Faisal Hayat, Mohanned Abdalla, Muhammad Munir. Effect of Chia Seed Mucilage on the Rhizosphere Hydraulic Characteristics. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (6):3303.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Faisal Hayat; Mohanned Abdalla; Muhammad Munir. 2021. "Effect of Chia Seed Mucilage on the Rhizosphere Hydraulic Characteristics." Sustainability 13, no. 6: 3303.