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Initial burst of root development with decreasing respiratory carbon cost in Fagus crenata Blume seedlings

Publicated to:Plant Species Biology. 36 (2): 146-156 - 2021-04-01 36(2), DOI: 10.1111/1442-1984.12305

Authors: Kurosawa, Y; Mori, S; Wang, MF; Ferrio, JP; Yamaji, K; Koyama, K; Haruma, T; Doyama, K

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Agrifood Res & Technol Ctr Aragon CITA, Dept Forest Resources, Zaragoza, Spain - Author
Aragon Agcy Res & Dev ARAID, Zaragoza, Spain - Author
Iwate Univ, United Grad Sch Agr Sci, Morioka, Iwate, Japan - Author
Japan Atom Energy Agcy, Tokai, Ibaraki, Japan - Author
Obihiro Univ Agr & Vet Med, Dept Agroenvironm Sci, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan - Author
Recursos Forestales. Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón - Author
Univ Tsukuba, Grad Sch Life & Environm Sci, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan - Author
Yamagata Univ, Dept Agr, 1-23,Wakaba Machi, Tsuruoka, Yamagata 9978555, Japan - Author
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Abstract

As terrestrial plants are rooted in one place, their metabolism must be acclimatized to continuously changing environmental conditions. This process is influenced by different metabolic traits of plant organs during ontogeny. However, direct measurement of organ-specific metabolic rates is particularly scarce, and little is known about their roles in whole-plant metabolism. In this study, we investigated size scaling of respiration rate, fresh mass and surface area of leaves, stems and roots in 65 seedlings of Fagus crenata Blume (2 weeks to 16 months old). With the increase in plant mass, the proportion of roots in whole plants increased from 20.8 to 87.3% in fresh mass and from 12.8 to 95.0% in surface area, whereas there was only a 15.6 to 60.2% increase in respiration rate. As a result, the fresh-mass-specific and surface-area-specific respiration rates in the roots decreased by 85% and 90%, respectively, and these decreases were significantly size dependent. However, such a size-dependent decrease was not observed for the surface-area-specific respiration rate in the leaves and stems. It is likely that this rapid root development is specific to the early growth stage after germination and would help plants acquire water and nutrients efficiently (i.e., at relatively low respiratory carbon costs). Overall, it is probable that the establishment of F. crenata forests and survival of F. crenata seedlings could be promoted by substantial root growth, with a reduction in respiratory carbon cost.

Keywords

Biomass allocationBiomass partitioningEvolutionGrowthLeafPacific-oceanPlantPlant metabolic scalingPlasticityRootRoot respirationRoot surface areaRoot/shoot ratioShoot ratioSizeTreesWhole&#8208Whole-plant metabolic scaling

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Plant Species Biology due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Plant Science. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q3 for the agency WoS (JCR) in the category Plant Sciences.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 1.87, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-11, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 9
  • Scopus: 7

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-11:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 13.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 15 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 2.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 4 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/10532/5164

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Japan.