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An aerated axenic hydroponic system for the application of root treatments: exogenous pyruvate as a practical case

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Title
An aerated axenic hydroponic system for the application of root treatments: exogenous pyruvate as a practical case
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Plant Methods, June 2018
DOI 10.1186/s13007-018-0310-y
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Miriam Gil-Monreal, Manuel Fernandez-Escalada, Mercedes Royuela, Ana Zabalza

Abstract

Hydroponic systems are a convenient platform for plant cultivation when treatments are applied to the roots because they provide precise control of the composition of the growth medium, ensuring the availability of different compounds. A problem arises when axenic conditions are needed but the treatment of choice (exogenous organic acids or sugars) promote the growth of unwanted microorganisms. Moreover, axenic conditions are usually applied in liquid and semi-liquid growing systems, where oxygen availability can be compromised, if no aeration is provided. The driver for the development of this hydroponic system was the application of the organic acid pyruvate to the roots of plants grown under aerated axenic conditions. No contamination was detected in the nutrient solution, even after the addition of pyruvate. The system was validated in pea plants treated with either pyruvate or herbicides inhibiting amino acid biosynthesis. The effects on ethanol fermentation were compared by analysing the enzymatic activity, protein content and transcriptional levels in plants treated with either pyruvate or herbicides. The developed system enables the study of the exogenous application of organic acids in the nutrient solution under axenic conditions and without oxygen limitation. This system allows the study of the effect of any type of treatments applied to roots under aerated axenic hydroponic systems at physiological and molecular levels. The role of pyruvate in the induction of fermentation by herbicides cannot be simply explained by an increase in substrate availability.

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Unknown 26 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 15%
Student > Master 3 12%
Professor 2 8%
Other 2 8%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 8%
Other 1 4%
Unknown 12 46%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 23%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 8%
Environmental Science 1 4%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 4%
Psychology 1 4%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 15 58%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 August 2020.
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#14,133,034
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#684
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#179,181
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