This paper reports the findings of an open-top chamber (OTC) experiment carried out in northern Italy (Forest nursery at Curno), during the 2004 and 2005 growth seasons, on Fagus sylvatica and Quercus robur seedlings and on Populus nigra cuttings, in order to test their photosynthesis response to ambient ozone. The experimental protocols were: non-filtered air (NF), charcoal-filtered air (CF), open air (OA). Tests performed included: morphological features of leaves; development of foliar symptoms; chlorophyll content, determined by non-destructive means; chlorophyll fluorescence (direct fluorescence and JIP-test); gas exchanges and net photosynthesis. Main findings were: (1) symptoms occurred early and were extensive in Populus nigra; they occurred later in Fagus sylvatica; whereas early degeneration of chlorophyll occurred in late summer in Quercus robur; (2) in conditions of ozone exposure, the three species all presented a decline in photosynthesis efficiency and a decrease in net photosynthesis, regardless of the symptomatology they displayed; (3) leaf traits are predictors of species-specific sensitivity to ozone: the high density of Quercus robur foliar tissues prevents this species from developing visible symptoms and reduces the extent of physiological responses; (4) physiological responses varied from year to year in the same species: responses were lower in the second year of the experiment, when plants had become better acclimatized to plot conditions.

Photosynthesis responses to ozone in young trees of 3 species with different sensitivities, in a two-year open-top chamber experiment (Curno, Italy) / F. BUSSOTTI; R. DESOTGIU; C. CASCIO; R. STRASSER; G. GEROSA; R. MARZUOLI. - In: PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM. - ISSN 0031-9317. - STAMPA. - 130:(2007), pp. 122-135. [10.1111/j.1399-3054.2007.00894.x]

Photosynthesis responses to ozone in young trees of 3 species with different sensitivities, in a two-year open-top chamber experiment (Curno, Italy).

BUSSOTTI, FILIPPO;DESOTGIU, ROSANNA;
2007

Abstract

This paper reports the findings of an open-top chamber (OTC) experiment carried out in northern Italy (Forest nursery at Curno), during the 2004 and 2005 growth seasons, on Fagus sylvatica and Quercus robur seedlings and on Populus nigra cuttings, in order to test their photosynthesis response to ambient ozone. The experimental protocols were: non-filtered air (NF), charcoal-filtered air (CF), open air (OA). Tests performed included: morphological features of leaves; development of foliar symptoms; chlorophyll content, determined by non-destructive means; chlorophyll fluorescence (direct fluorescence and JIP-test); gas exchanges and net photosynthesis. Main findings were: (1) symptoms occurred early and were extensive in Populus nigra; they occurred later in Fagus sylvatica; whereas early degeneration of chlorophyll occurred in late summer in Quercus robur; (2) in conditions of ozone exposure, the three species all presented a decline in photosynthesis efficiency and a decrease in net photosynthesis, regardless of the symptomatology they displayed; (3) leaf traits are predictors of species-specific sensitivity to ozone: the high density of Quercus robur foliar tissues prevents this species from developing visible symptoms and reduces the extent of physiological responses; (4) physiological responses varied from year to year in the same species: responses were lower in the second year of the experiment, when plants had become better acclimatized to plot conditions.
2007
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122
135
F. BUSSOTTI; R. DESOTGIU; C. CASCIO; R. STRASSER; G. GEROSA; R. MARZUOLI
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