Carbon isotope composition of C4 grasses is influenced by light and water supply
| العنوان: | Carbon isotope composition of C4 grasses is influenced by light and water supply |
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| المؤلفون: | Nina Buchmann, James R. Ehleringer, K. D. Rapp, J. R. Brooks |
| المصدر: | Plant, Cell and Environment. 19:392-402 |
| بيانات النشر: | Wiley, 1996. |
| سنة النشر: | 1996 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | δ13C, Physiology, food and beverages, Humidity, chemistry.chemical_element, Global change, Plant Science, Photosynthesis, chemistry.chemical_compound, Agronomy, chemistry, Isotopes of carbon, Botany, Carbon dioxide, Poaceae, Carbon |
| الوصف: | The carbon isotope composition of C4 grasses has the potential to be used as an indicator of changes in the isotopic composition and concentration of atmospheric CO2, especially for climate reconstruction. The usefulness of C4 grasses for this purpose hinges on the assumption that their photosynthetic discrimination against 13C remains constant in a wide range of environmental conditions. We tested this assumption by examining the effects of light and water stress on the carbon isotope composition of C4 grasses using different biochemical subtypes (NADP-ME, NAD-ME, PCK) in glasshouse experiments. We grew 14 different C4 grass species in four treatments: sun-watered, sun-drought, shade-watered and shade-drought. Carbon isotope discrimination (Δ) rarely remained constant. In general, Δ values were lowest in sun-watered grasses, greater for sun-drought plants and even higher for plants of the shade-watered treatment. The highest Δ values were generally found in the most stressed grasses, the shade-drought plants. Grasses of the NADP-ME subtype were the least influenced by a change in environmental variables, followed by PCK and NAD-ME subtypes. Water availability affected the carbon isotope discrimination less than light limitation in PCK and NAD-ME subtypes, but similarly in NADP-ME subtypes. In another experiment, we studied the effect of increasing light levels (150 to 1500 μmol photons m−2 s−1) on the Δ values of 18 well-watered C4 grass species. Carbon isotope discrimination remained constant until photon flux density (PFD) was less than 700 μmol photons m−2 s−1. Below this light level, Δ values increased with decreasing irradiance for all biochemical subtypes. The change in A was less pronounced in NADP-ME and PCK than in NAD-ME grasses. Grasses grown in the field and in the glasshouse showed a similar pattern. Thus, caution should be exercised when using C4 plants under varying environmental conditions to monitor the concentration or carbon isotopic composition of atmospheric CO2 in field/glasshouse studies or climate reconstruction. |
| تدمد: | 1365-3040 0140-7791 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::bb5e6ab095587e218f033da71291fbd5Test https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.1996.tb00331.xTest |
| حقوق: | CLOSED |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi...........bb5e6ab095587e218f033da71291fbd5 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 13653040 01407791 |
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