Radiocarbon Suggests the Hemiparasitic Annual Melampyrum Lineare Desr. May Acquire Carbon from Stressed Hosts

Nave, Lucas E.; Heckman, Katherine A.; Muñoz, Alexandra B.; Swanston, Christopher W.

doi:10.1017/rdc.2017.97

Title: Radiocarbon Suggests the Hemiparasitic Annual Melampyrum Lineare Desr. May Acquire Carbon from Stressed Hosts

Journal Article · Wed Oct 25 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Radiocarbon

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1017/rdc.2017.97· OSTI ID:1538921

Nave, Lucas E.; Heckman, Katherine A.; Muñoz, Alexandra B.; Swanston, Christopher W.

Abstract Hemiparasitic plants obtain water and solutes from their hosts, but much remains to be learned about these transfers. We used a forest girdling experiment to investigate how leaf gas exchange, carbon and nitrogen cycling in the root hemiparasiteMelampyrum lineareDesr. responded to disturbance and changes in physiology of potential host trees. By preventing belowground C allocation by 35% of the canopy, girdling decreased the starch and soluble sugar contents of bulk forest floor fine roots. Photosynthetic rates ofM. linearewere statistically significantly lower in the girdled plot, but their hypothesized drivers (foliar N, stomatal conductance and transpiration) had no statistically significant differences between girdled and non-girdled plots. However,M. linearein the girdled plot had higher foliar C concentrations and Δ¹⁴C than in the control plot, suggesting possible photosynthetic down-regulation in the girdled plot due to influx of older (e.g., host-derived) C into the leaves ofM. lineare. Within the girdled plot (but not the control plot),M. linearefoliar C concentrations were positively correlated with foliar Δ¹⁴C and δ¹⁵N, suggesting thatM. linearemay respond to changes in both C and N biogeochemistry during the decline of dominant canopy species.

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Research Organization:: Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: FC02-06ER64158

OSTI ID:: 1538921

Journal Information:: Radiocarbon, Vol. 60, Issue 1; ISSN 0033-8222

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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