Complete or overcompensatory thermal acclimation of leaf dark respiration in African tropical trees

A better understanding of thermal acclimation of leaf dark respiration in response to nocturnal and diurnal warming could help accurately predict the changes in carbon exchange of terrestrial ecosystems under global warming, especially under the asymmetric warming. A field manipulative experiment was established with control, nocturnal warming (1800–0600 hours), diurnal warming (0600–1800 hours), and diel warming (24 h) under naturally fluctuating conditions in a semiarid temperate steppe in northern China in April 2006. Temperature response curves of in situ leaf dark respiration for Stipa krylovii Roshev. were measured at night (Rn) and after 30 min of darkness imposed in the daytime (Rd). Leaf nonstructural carbohydrates were determined before sunrise and at sunset. Results showed that Rn could acclimate to nocturnal warming and diurnal warming, but Rd could not. The decreases in Q10 (temperature sensitivity) of Rn under nocturnal-warming and diurnal warming regimes might be attributed to greater depletion of total nonstructural carbohydrates (TNC). The real-time and intertwined metabolic interactions between chloroplastic and mitochondrial metabolism in the daytime could affect the impacts of warming on metabolite pools and the distinct response of Rn and Rd to warming. Projection on climate change–carbon feedback under climate warming must account for thermal acclimation of leaf dark respiration separately by Rn and Rd.

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Thermal acclimation of leaf dark respiration of Larix gmelinii: A latitudinal transplant experiment

The Science of The Total Environment ◽

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140634 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 743 ◽

pp. 140634

Author(s):

Xiankui Quan ◽

Nan Wang ◽

Chuankuan Wang

Keyword(s):

Dark Respiration ◽

Thermal Acclimation ◽

Larix Gmelinii ◽

Transplant Experiment ◽

Leaf Dark Respiration

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Thermal acclimation of leaf dark respiration of beech seedlings experiencing summer drought in high and low light environments

Tree Physiology ◽

10.1093/treephys/tpp104 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 214-224 ◽

Cited By ~ 43

Author(s):

J. Rodriguez-Calcerrada ◽

O. K. Atkin ◽

T. M. Robson ◽

J. Zaragoza-Castells ◽

L. Gil ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dark Respiration ◽

Thermal Acclimation ◽

Summer Drought ◽

Low Light ◽

Leaf Dark Respiration

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Predicting tropical tree mortality with leaf spectroscopy

10.32942/osf.io/4jtpn ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Christopher E. Doughty ◽

Alexander W. Cheesman ◽

Terhi Ruitta ◽

Eleanor Thomson ◽

Alexander Shenkin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Tropical Forests ◽

Tree Mortality ◽

Dark Respiration ◽

Carbon Sink ◽

Tropical Trees ◽

Tropical Tree ◽

Spectral Signature ◽

Least Squares Regression ◽

Natural Form ◽

Leaf Dark Respiration

Do tropical trees close to death have a distinct leaf spectral signature? Tree mortality rates have been increasing in tropical forests globally which is reducing the global carbon sink. Upcoming hyperspectral satellites could be used to predict regions close to experiencing extensive tree mortality during periods of stress like drought. Here we show how imminent tropical tree mortality in Borneo impacts leaf physiological traits and reflectance. We measured leaf reflectance (400-2500 nm), light saturated photosynthesis (Asat), leaf dark respiration (Rdark), and leaf mass area (LMA) across five campaigns in a six-month period during which there were two causes of mortality: a major drought and a co-incident tree stem girdling campaign. We find that prior to mortality, there were significant (P<0.05) leaf spectral changes in the red (650-700 nm), the NIR (1000 -1400 nm) and SWIR bands (2000-2400 nm) and significant reductions in the potential carbon balance of the leaves (increased Rdark and reduced Asat). We show that the partial least squares regression (PLSR) technique can predict mortality in tropical trees across different species and functional groups with medium precision but low accuracy (r2 of 0.65 and RMSE/mean of 0.58). However, most tree death in our study was due to girdling, which is not a natural form of death. More research is needed to determine if this spectroscopy technique can be applied to tropical forests in general.

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Contrasting thermal acclimation of leaf dark respiration and photosynthesis of Antarctic vascular plant species exposed to nocturnal warming

Physiologia Plantarum ◽

10.1111/ppl.12881 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 167 (2) ◽

pp. 205-216 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Carolina Sanhueza ◽

Francisca Fuentes ◽

Daniela Cortés ◽

Luisa Bascunan‐Godoy ◽

Patricia L. Sáez ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Plant Species ◽

Dark Respiration ◽

Vascular Plant ◽

Thermal Acclimation ◽

Vascular Plant Species ◽

Leaf Dark Respiration

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Effects of Light and Nutrition Manipulations on Thermal Respiratory Acclimation and Nocturnal Dynamics of Leaf Dark Respiration

International Journal of Agronomy ◽

10.1155/2018/2015073 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2018 ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Dylan N. Dillaway ◽

Michael C. Tyree ◽

John K. Jackson

Keyword(s):

Dark Respiration ◽

Temperature Response ◽

Leaf Nitrogen ◽

Thermal Acclimation ◽

Natural Ecosystems ◽

Respiratory Parameters ◽

Leaf Dark Respiration ◽

Thermal Changes ◽

Growing Conditions ◽

Carbohydrate Status

The ability of a plant to acclimate metabolically to thermal changes is necessary to maintain a positive carbon balance. It is likely that a plant’s acclimatory potential is a function of leaf nitrogen and/or leaf carbohydrate status. Two important issues assessed concerning leaf dark respiration (RD) were the effects of growth temperature, light, and fertilization on thermal respiratory acclimation and changes in respiratory parameters (indicative of acclimation) throughout the dark period. Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) plants were grown in greenhouses under a full factorial treatment arrangement of temperature, light, and nutrition. RD was measured at three temperatures to estimate respiratory parameters (cool respiration R13, warm respiration R25, and the temperature response of respiration EO) three times throughout the night (6 pm, 11 pm, and 4 am). Respiratory parameters did not differ throughout the night. Thermal acclimation was observed in warm grown plants under optimal growing conditions (i.e., high light and high fertilization); however, acclimation did not occur when limitations were imposed (i.e., shade or no fertilization). These findings suggest thermal acclimation will occur so long as plants do not undergo limitations. This may have major implications for natural ecosystems and may play a role in assessing an ecosystems resiliency to climate change.

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The temperature response of leaf dark respiration in 15 provenances of Eucalyptus grandis grown in ambient and elevated CO2

Functional Plant Biology ◽

10.1071/fp17110 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 44 (11) ◽

pp. 1075 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Michael J. Aspinwall ◽

Vinod K. Jacob ◽

Chris J. Blackman ◽

Renee A. Smith ◽

Mark G. Tjoelker ◽

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Keyword(s):

Elevated Co2 ◽

Tree Species ◽

Unit Area ◽

Dark Respiration ◽

Eucalyptus Grandis ◽

Temperature Response ◽

Respiratory Physiology ◽

Interactive Effects ◽

Short Term ◽

Leaf Dark Respiration

The effects of elevated CO2 on the short-term temperature response of leaf dark respiration (R) remain uncertain for many forest tree species. Likewise, variation in leaf R among populations within tree species and potential interactive effects of elevated CO2 are poorly understood. We addressed these uncertainties by measuring the short-term temperature response of leaf R in 15 provenances of Eucalyptus grandis W. Hill ex Maiden from contrasting thermal environments grown under ambient [CO2] (aCO2; 400 µmol mol–1) and elevated [CO2] (640 µmol mol–1; eCO2). Leaf R per unit area (Rarea) measured across a range of temperatures was higher in trees grown in eCO2 and varied up to 104% among provenances. However, eCO2 increased leaf dry mass per unit area (LMA) by 21%, and when R was expressed on a mass basis (i.e. Rmass), it did not differ between CO2 treatments. Likewise, accounting for differences in LMA among provenances, Rmass did not differ among provenances. The temperature sensitivity of R (i.e. Q10) did not differ between CO2 treatments or among provenances. We conclude that eCO2 had no direct effect on the temperature response of R in E. grandis, and respiratory physiology was similar among provenances of E. grandis regardless of home-climate temperature conditions.

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Allelopathic and autotoxic interactions in selected populations of Loliumperenne grown in monoculture and mixed culture

Functional Plant Biology ◽

10.1071/fp02063 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 29 (12) ◽

pp. 1465 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Edwin Kraus ◽

Margje Voeten ◽

Hans Lambers

Keyword(s):

Mixed Culture ◽

Biomass Allocation ◽

Dark Respiration ◽

Total Yield ◽

The Other ◽

Leaf Dark Respiration ◽

Short And Long Term ◽

Allelopathic Effects ◽

Two Populations

Autotoxicity and allelopathy affect the respiration and yield of GL66 and GL72, two populations of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L. cv. S23) that were originally selected for contrasting rates of mature-leaf dark respiration under conditions where allelopathic effects could not occur and autotoxic effects were minimal. The aim of this study was to further investigate growth and biomass allocation of these two populations in relation to their autotoxic and allelopathic properties. To this end, plants were subjected to two conditions (monoculture and mixed culture) and two treatments (growth in 'renewed' and 'replenished' nutrient solution, allowing for short- and long-term accumulation of allelochemicals, respectively). The fast-respiring population, GL66, showed a reduced total yield due to allelopathic effects only when long-term accumulation of allelochemicals was allowed (mixed culture, replenished). However, short-term accumulation (mixed culture, renewed) of allelochemicals was sufficient to affect allocation of biomass to leaf sheaths. The slow-respiring population, GL72, suffered from autotoxicity only when long-term accumulation was allowed (monoculture, replenished), and from allelopathy under both short- and long-term accumulation (mixed culture, either renewed or replenished). The predominant allelopathic and autotoxic effect was on dry matter percentage and dry weight of leaf sheaths. We conclude that the roots of both populations release one or more chemical compounds that primarily affect biomass allocation to leaf sheaths, both of the same and of the other population. Sensitivity to the putative inhibitor(s) released by the other population was greater than sensitivity to the inhibitor(s) released by a population's own roots.

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