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Elevated CO2 and nitrogen availability have interactive effects on canopy carbon gain in rice

  1. N. P. R. Anten1,4,5,*,
  2. T. Hirose1,
  3. Y. Onoda1,
  4. T. Kinugasa1,
  5. H. Y. Kim2,
  6. M. Okada2,
  7. K. Kobayashi3

Article first published online: 1 DEC 2003

DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00943.x

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New Phytologist

New Phytologist

Volume 161, Issue 2, pages 459–471, February 2004

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Anten, N. P. R., Hirose, T., Onoda, Y., Kinugasa, T., Kim, H. Y., Okada, M. and Kobayashi, K. (2004), Elevated CO2 and nitrogen availability have interactive effects on canopy carbon gain in rice. New Phytologist, 161: 459–471. doi: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00943.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba, Sendai 980–8578;

  2. 2

    Japan Science and Technology Cooperation, Tohoku National Agricultural Station, 4 Akahira, Shimikuriyagawa, Morioka, 020-0198;

  3. 3

    National Institute of Agro-Environmental Sciences, 3-1-1 Kannondai, Tsukuba, 305-8604, Japan;

  4. 4

    Chair Group of Production Systems, Wageningen University, Haarweg 333 6709 R2, The Netherlands;

  5. 5

    Present address: Department of Plant Sciences, Utrecht University, PO Box 800.84 NL-3508, TB Utrecht, The Netherlands

*Author for correspondence: N. P. R. Anten Tel: +31 30 253 6845 Fax: +31 30 251 8366 Email: N.Anten@bio.uu.nl

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 DEC 2003
  2. Article first published online: 1 DEC 2003
  3. Received: 14 July 2003 Accepted: 7 October 2003; doi: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00943.x

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Keywords:

  • canopy structure;
  • free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE);
  • global change;
  • leaf area index;
  • model;
  • nitrogen;
  • photosynthesis;
  • rice (Oryza sativa)

Summary

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    Here we analysed the effects of CO2 (Ca) elevation and nitrogen availability on canopy structure, leaf area index (LAI) and canopy photosynthesis of rice (Oryza sativa).
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    Rice was grown at ambient and elevated Ca (c. 200 µmol mol−1 above ambient, using the free-air CO2 enrichment, FACE) and at two N availabilities. We measured leaf area, area-based leaf N contents and leaf photosynthesis, and calculated net daily canopy photosynthesis.
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    FACE plants had higher light-saturated rates of photosynthesis (Pmax) and apparent quantum yields than ambient plants, when measured at their own growth CO2. Ca elevation reduced the total leaf N in the canopy (Nleaf) but had no effect on LAI, and the average leaf N content (Nleaf/LAI) was therefore reduced by 8%. This reduction corresponded well with our model predictions. Leaf area index increased strongly with N availability, which was also consistent with our model.
  • • 
    Calculated canopy photosynthesis increased more strongly with Nleaf under elevated than under ambient Ca. This indicates that there is an N × Ca interactive effect on canopy carbon gain. This interaction was caused by the increase in LAI with N availability, which enhanced the positive effect of the higher quantum yield under Ca elevation.
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