Rhizosphere Soil Biogeochemical Data and Photosynthetic Data of Vicia Faba in a Rhizobox

Here we share the data in column format via csv files for pH, redox, and dissolved oxygen collected at hourly resolution from microelectrodes. Dissolved organic carbon concentrations collected from TOC are also provided in a similar format but are composited samples from hourly microdialysis collection. This provided resolution of diel rhizosphere dynamics belowground. Plant physiological data was also collected at every 5 min for 24 hr cycles in order to capture diel dynamics aboveground. This data was used to parameterize the reaction transport model eSTOMP-ROOTS, which examines the rhizosphere biogeochemistry of a growing Vicia faba plant. The aim was to investigate plant activity and belowground biogeochemical processes, particularly their impact on mineral-organic associations in the rhizosphere. We combined in-situ rhizosphere microsensor and plant physiological measurements with a 3-D plant-soil reactive transport model to explore the behavior of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the rhizosphere. Over several days, microdialysis probes placed at the root-soil interface in live soil showed distinct daily patterns of DOC concentration in the pore water. Spikes in DOC concentrations during the day aligned with peaks in leaf-level photosynthesis, accompanied by decreasing redox potential and dissolved oxygen levels, and increasing pH in the rhizosphere. This new mechanistic modeling framework, which integrates aboveground plant physiological data with non-destructive, high-resolution monitoring of rhizosphere processes, offers significant potential for studying the factors that control carbon storage in soils.. Authors: Garcia Arredondo, Mariela [ESS-DIVE] (ORCID:000000018591364X); Cardon, Zoe (ORCID:0000000187257842); Fang, Yilin (ORCID:0000000319699889); Keiluweit, Marco (ORCID:0000000270618346); Yabusaki, Steve B.. DOE Contract: AC02-05CH11231. Subjects: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > CARBON; EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL PH; EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS; ESS-DIVE File Level Metadata Reporting Format