Communications Biology (Mar 2022)

Spectroscopic analysis reveals that soil phosphorus availability and plant allocation strategies impact feedstock quality of nutrient-limited switchgrass

  • Zhao Hao,
  • Yuan Wang,
  • Na Ding,
  • Malay C. Saha,
  • Wolf-Rüdiger Scheible,
  • Kelly Craven,
  • Michael Udvardi,
  • Peter S. Nico,
  • Mary K. Firestone,
  • Eoin L. Brodie

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03157-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

Read online

Hao et al. develop a machine learning approach to spectroscopy data of the tissue biochemistry of the switchgrass Panicum virgatum L. Using field and lab data with phosphorus-limited conditions, the authors show how soil phosphorus availability and nutrient allocations strategies may impact feedstock chemical components and quality.