Stomatal and non-stomatal limitations in savanna trees and C4 grasses grown at low, ambient and high atmospheric CO2.
Plant Sci
; 274: 181-192, 2018 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-30080602
By the end of the century, atmospheric CO2 concentration ([CO2]a) could reach 800â¯ppm, having risen from â¼200â¯ppm â¼24 Myr ago. Carbon dioxide enters plant leaves through stomata that limit CO2 diffusion and assimilation, imposing stomatal limitation (LS). Other factors limiting assimilation are collectively called non-stomatal limitations (LNS). C4 photosynthesis concentrates CO2 around Rubisco, typically reducing LS. C4-dominated savanna grasslands expanded under low [CO2]a and are metastable ecosystems where the response of trees and C4 grasses to rising [CO2]a will determine shifting vegetation patterns. How LS and LNS differ between savanna trees and C4 grasses under different [CO2]a will govern the responses of CO2 fixation and plant cover to [CO2]a - but quantitative comparisons are lacking. We measured assimilation, within soil wetting-drying cycles, of three C3 trees and three C4 grasses grown at 200, 400 or 800â¯ppm [CO2]a. Using assimilation-response curves, we resolved LS and LNS and show that rising [CO2]a alleviated LS, particularly for the C3 trees, but LNS was unaffected and remained substantially higher for the grasses across all [CO2]a treatments. Because LNS incurs higher metabolic costs and recovery compared with LS, our findings indicate that C4 grasses will be comparatively disadvantaged as [CO2]a rises.
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Árboles
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Dióxido de Carbono
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Pradera
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Estomas de Plantas
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Poaceae
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Plant Sci
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2018
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Article
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Irlanda