Untargeted Metabolite Profiling (LC-MS) of Root Exudates of Grassland Species

Plants exude a diverse cocktail of metabolites into the soil as response to exogenous and endogenous influences. So far, root exudates have only been studied under artificial conditions due to methodological difficulties. In this study, each five perennial grass and forb species were investigated for polar metabolites in exudates under field conditions. Therefore, exudate samples were measured by liquid chromatography coupled to electron spray ionisation quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry and analysed by untargeted metabolite profiling. Linked study: MTBLS866