CO[sub 2] and fertility effects on above-ground growth and leaf gas exchange in Populus x euramericana cv. Eugenei

Conference · Tue Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America; (United States)

OSTI ID:6396473

Vogel, C S; Curtis, P S ^[1]

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1. Ohio State Univ., Columbus (United States)

We examined the role of soil fertility in regulating tree responses to elevated atmospheric p(CO[sub 2]). Hardwood cuttings of Populus x euramericana cv. Eugenei were grown in northern Lower Michigan for 142 d (21 May - 10 October 1992) in open bottom root boxes filled with locally derived topsoil (high fertility) or 20% topsoil and 80% sand (low fertility) and exposed to ambient and twice ambient (700 [mu]bar) p(CO[sub 2]) in open top field chambers. Leaf area development was greatest at high fertility and elevated p(CO[sub 2]). There was no CO[sub 2] effect on leaf area at low fertility. Overall, light saturated CO[sub 2] assimilation rates (A) increased with time, reaching a maximum by 16 September. Except for initial and final sampling dates, elevated CO[sub 2] plants had greater A within a fertility treatment. Within CO[sub 2] treatments, high fertility plants had greater A only after 27 August. Assimilation vs intercellular p(CO[sub 2]) curves showed greater CO[sub 2] saturated A, increased initial dA/dC[sub i], and enhanced CO[sub 2] sensibility of A on 16 September relative to 3 August. Negative acclimation of A to elevated p(CO[sub 2]) occurred only late season at low fertility. Foliar dark respiration was reduced by low fertility and elevated p(CO[sub 2]).

• OSTI ID: 6396473
• Report Number(s): CONF-930798--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America; (United States) Journal Volume: 74:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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