Abstract:Abstracts:Phosphorus is one of needed macronutrients by plants, but phosphate availability in soil solution is very low all over the world, therefore plants are always under phosphate deficiency. Phosphate deficiency induced significant increase in total root length compared with control. Total surface area and total root volume of a whole root system increased as the phosphate concentrations increased. When phosphate concentrations varied from 2.5 to 10.0 μmol, the number of root tips in a root system increased. When phosphate concentrations were more than 10.0 μmol, the number of root tips decreased. The average diameter of the links in a root system increased in the range from 2.5 to 20.0 μmol of phosphate, reaching the peak at 20.0 μmol. The changes in the numbers of forks were the same as the root tips. In general, root biomass increased as the increase in phosphate concentrations, but shoot biomass increased when phosphate concentrations increased from 2.5 to 10.0 μmol. When phosphate concentrations were more than 10.0 μmol, shoot biomass decreased. The results showed that phosphate deficiency had greatly affects root development of Cinnamomum camphora seedlings.