Ecosystem carbon fluxes of a ryegrass and clover fodder crop in a Mediterranean environment

Photosynthetica

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 330-338

  Vitale, L ^a   di Tommasi, P ^a   Arena, C ^b   Oliva, M ^a   Bertolini, T ^a   Ranucci, S ^a   de Santo, A Virzo ^b   Magliulo, V ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

carbon fluxes; carbon sequestration; Lolium italicum A. Barum; photochemistry; productivity; Trifolium alexandrinum L

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM ITALICUM; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM;

EID: 80255122609     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-011-0045-8     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Allen, D. J., Ort, D. R.: Impacts of chilling temperatures on photosynthesis in warm-climate plants. - Trend Plant Sci. 6: 36-42, 2001.
2. Aubinet, M., Grelle, A., Ibrom, A., et al.: Estimates of the annual net carbon and water exchange of forests: The EUROFLUX methodology. - Adv. Ecol. Res. 30: 113-175, 2000.
3. Baker, N. R., Farage, P. K., Stirling, C., Long, S. P.: Photoinhibition of crop photosynthesis in the field at low temperature. - In: Baker N. R., Bowyer J. R. (ed.): Photoinhibition of Photosynthesis: from Molecular Mechanism to the Field. Pp. 349-363. BIOS Scientific Publ., Oxford 1994.
4. Baldocchi, D. D., Hicks, B. B., Myers, T. P: Measuring biosphere-atmosphere exchanges of biologically related gases with micrometeorological methods. - Ecology 69: 1331-1340, 1988.
5. th Ed. Pp. 83-110. Iowa State Univ. Press, Ames 1995.
6. Cadenas, E.: Biochemistry of oxygen toxicity. - Annu. Rev. Biochem. 58: 79-110, 1989.
7. D'Ambrosio, N., Arena, C., Virzo De Santo, A.: Temperature response of photosynthesis, excitation energy dissipation and alternative electron sinks to carbon assimilation in Beta vulgaris L. - Environ. Exp. Bot. 55: 248-257, 2006.
8. Demmig-Adams, B., Adams, W. W., III: Photoprotection and other responses of plants to high light stress. - Ann. Rev. Plant. Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 43: 599-626, 1992.
9. Demmig-Adams, B., Adams, W. W., III: Xanthophyll cycle and light stress in nature: uniform response to excess direct sunlight among higher plant species. - Planta 198: 460-470, 1996.
10. Demmig-Adams, B., Adams, W. W., III: Photoprotection in an ecological context: the remarkable complexity of thermal energy dissipation. - New Phytol. 172: 11-21, 2006.
11. Dugas, W. A., Heuer, M. L., Mayeux, H. S.: Carbon dioxide fluxes over bermudagrass, native prairie, and sorghum. - Agr. Forest Meteorol. 93: 121-139, 1999.
12. Elgersma, A., Schlepers, H.: Cattle production and botanical composition in continuously stocked grass-clover swards. - Proceedings International Grassland Congress, June 1997, Vol. 2, session 29: 87-88, 1997a.
13. Elgersma, A., Schlepers, H.: Performance of white cloverperennial ryegrass mixtures under cutting. - Grass Forage Sci. 52: 134-146, 1997b.
14. 2 uptake when photosynthesis in grapevine leaves is inhibited following low night temperatures and/or water stress. - Physiol. Plant. 121: 675-684, 1999.
15. Foyer, C. H., Descourviéres, P., Kunert, K. J.: Protection against oxygen radicals: an important defense mechanism studied in transgenic plants. - Plant Cell Environ. 17: 507-523, 1994.
16. Genty, B., Briantais, J. M., Baker, N. R.: The relationship between quantum yield of photosynthetic electron transport and quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence. - Biochim. Biophys. Acta 990: 87-92, 1989.
17. Hanslin, H. M., Höglind, M.: Differences in winter-hardening between phenotypes of Lolium perenne with contrasting water-soluble carbohydrate concentrations. - Grass Forage Sci. 64: 187-195, 2009.
18. Hendrickson, L., Ball, M. C., Osmond, C. B., Furbank, R. T., Chow, W. S.: Assessment of photoprotection mechanisms of grapevine at low temperature. - Funct. Plant Biol. 30: 631-642, 2003.
19. Hendrickson, L., Föster, B., Furbank, R. T., Chow, W. S.: Processes contributing to photoprotection of grapevine leaves illuminated at low temperature. - Physiol. Plant. 121: 272-281, 2004.
20. Kendall W. A., Stringer W. C.: Physiological aspects of clover. - In: Taylor, N. L. (ed.): Clover Science and Technology. Pp. 111-159. Agron. Series 25. ASA, Madison 1985.
21. Kolle, O., Rebmann, C: Eddysoft-documentation of a software package to acquire and proces Eddy covariance data. - Technical Reports. Max-Planck-Inst. für Biogeochemie, Jena 2007.
22. Kyparissis, A., Drilias, P., Manetas, Y.: Seasonal fluctuations in photoprotective (xanthophyll cycle) and photoselective (chlorophylls) capacity in eight Mediterranean plant species belonging to two different growth forms. - Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 27: 265-272, 2000.
23. Lal, R., Kimble, J. M., Follet, R. F., Cole, C. V.: The Potential of U. S. Cropland to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect. - Ann Arbor Press, Chelsea 1998.
24. Li, S. G., Asanuma, J., Eugster, W., Kotani, A., Liu, J. J., Urano, T., Oikawa, T., Davaa, G., Oyunbaatar, D., Sugita, M.: Net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange over grazed steppe in central Mongolia. - Global Change Biol. 11: 1-15, 2005.
25. Lichtenthaler, H. K.: Chlorophylls and carotenoids: pigments of photosynthetic biomembranes. - Methods Enzymol. 148: 350-382, 1987.
26. Llorens, L., Peñuelas, J., Estiarte, M.: Ecophysiological response of two Mediterranean shrubs, Erica multiflora and Globularia alypum, to experimentally drier and warmer conditions. - Physiol Plant. 119: 232-243, 2003.
27. Logan, B. A., Adams, W. W., III, Demmig-Adams, B.: Avoiding common pitfalls of chlorophyll fluorescence analysis under field conditions. - Funct. Plant Biol. 34: 853-859, 2007.
28. Mahecha, M. D., Reichstein, M., Carvalhais, N., et al.: Global convergence in the temperature sensitivity of respiration at ecosystem level. - Science 329: 838-840, 2010.
29. Nesheim, L., Boller, B. C.: Nitrogen fixation by white clover when competing with grasses at moderately low temperatures. - Plant Soil 133: 47-56, 1991.
30. Pardossi, A., Vernieri, P., Tognoni, F.: Involvement of abscisic acid in regulating water status in Phaseolus vulgaris L. during chilling. - Plant Physiol. 100: 1243-1250, 1992.
31. Parsons, A. J., Harvey, A., Woledge, J.: Plant-animal interactions in a continuously grazed mixture. I. Differences in the physiology of leaf expansion and the fate of leaves of grass and clover. - J. Appl. Ecol. 28: 619-634, 1991.
32. Porqueddu, C., Gonzalez, F.: Role and potential of annual pasture legumes in Mediterranean farming systems. - Grass. Sci. Eur. 11: 221-231, 2006.
33. Reichstein, M., Falge, E., Baldocchi, D., et al.: On the separation of net ecosystem exchange into assimilation and ecosystem respiration: eview and improved algorithm. - Global Change Biol. 11: 1424-1439, 2005.
34. Ross, S. M., King, J. R., O'Donovan, J. T., Spaner, D.: The productivity of oats and berseem clover intercrops. I. Primary growth characteristics and forage quality at four densities of oats. - Grass Forage Sci. 60: 74-86, 2005.
35. Sage, R. F., Sharkey, T. D.: The effect of temperature on the occurrence of O2 and CO2 insensitive photosynthesis in field grown plants. - Plant Physiol. 84: 658-664, 1987.
36. Sassenrath, G. F., Ort, D. R., Portis, A. R. Jr.: Impaired reductive activation of stromatal bisphosphatases in tomato leaves following low-temperature exposure at high light. - Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 282: 302-308, 1990.
37. Savitch, L. V., Leonardos, E. D., Krol, M., et al.: Two different strategies for light utilization in photosynthesis in relation to growth and cold acclimation. - Plant Cell Environ. 25: 761-771, 2002.
38. Schils, R. L. M., Boxem, T. J., Sikkema, K., André, G.: The performance of a white clover based dairy system in comparison with a grass/fertiliser-N system. I. Botanical composition and sward utilisation. - Neth. J. Agric. Sci. 48: 291-303, 2000.
39. Schreiber, U., Bilger, W., Neubauer, C.: Chlorophyll fluorescence as a nonintrusive indicator for rapid assessment of in vivo photosynthesis. - In: Schulze E-D., Caldwell M. M. (ed.): Ecophysiology of Photosynthesis. Pp. 49-70. Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1994.
40. Suyker, A. E., Verma, S. B., Burba, G. G., Arkebauer, T. J., Walters, D. T., Hubbard, K. G.: Growing season carbon dioxide exchange in irrigated and rainfed maize. - Agr. Forest Meteorol. 124: 1-13, 2004.
41. Takashima, T., Hikosaka, K., Hirose, T.: Photosynthesis or persistence: nitrogen allocation in leaves of evergreen and deciduous Quercus species. - Plant Cell Environ 27: 1047-1054, 2004.
42. Verma, S. B., Dobermann, A., Cassman, K. G., et al.: Annual carbon dioxide exchange in irrigated and rainfed maize-based agroecosystems. - Agr. Forest Meteorol. 131: 77-96, 2005.
43. Vernieri, P., Pardossi, A., Tognoni, F.: Influence of chilling and drought on water relations and abscisic acid accumulation in bean. - Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 18: 25-35, 1991.
44. Vitale, L., Di Tommasi, P., Arena, C., Fierro, A., De Santo, A. V., Magliulo, V.: Effects of water stress on gas exchange of field grown Zea mays L. in Southern Italy: an analysis at canopy and leaf level. - Acta Physiol. Plant. 29: 317-326, 2007.
45. Vitale, L., Di Tommasi, P., Arena, C., et al.: Growth and gas exchange response to water shortage of a maize crop on different soil types. - Acta Physiol. Plant. 31: 331-341, 2009.
46. Vleeshouwers, L. M., Verhagen, A.: Carbon emission and sequestration by agricultural land use: a model for Europe. - Global Change Biol. 8: 519-530, 2002.
47. von Caemmerer, S., Farquhar, G. D.: Some relationships between the biochemistry of photosynthesis and the gas exchange of leaves. - Planta 153: 376-387, 1981.
48. West, C. P., Wedin, W. F.: Dinitrogen fixation in alfalfa orchardgrass pastures. - Agron. J. 77: 89-94, 1985.
49. Woledge, J., Davidson, I. A., Tewson, V.: Photosynthesis during winter in ryegrass/white clover mixtures in the field. - New Phytol. 113: 275-281, 1989.
50. Yi, C. X., Ricciuto, D., Li, R., et al.: Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents. - Environ. Res. Lett. 5: 1-10, 2010.
51. Zhang, W. L., Chen, S. P., Chen, J., Wei, L., Han, X. G., Lin, G. H.: Biophysical regulations of carbon fluxes of a steppe and a cultivated cropland in semiarid Inner Mongolia. - Agr. Forest Meteorol. 146: 216-229, 2007.