We examined the effect of ambient ozone on visible foliar injury, growth and biomass in field-grown poplar cuttings of an Oxford clone sensitive to ozone (Populus maximoviczii Henry x berolinensis Dippel) irrigated with ethylenediurea (EDU) or water for three years. EDU is used as an ozone protectant for plants. Protective effects of EDU on ozone visible injury were found. As a result, poplar trees grown under EDU treatment increased leaves, lateral branches and root density in the third year, although no significant enhancement of stem height and diameter was found. Ambient ozone (AOT40, 24.6 ppm h; diurnal hourly average, 40.3 ppb) may finally reduce carbon gain by reducing the number of branches, and thus sites for leaf formation, in ozone-sensitive poplar trees under not-limiting conditions.
Effects of a three-year exposure to ambient ozone on biomass allocation in poplar using ethylenediurea / Yasutomo Hoshika;Francesco Pecori;Ilaria Conese;Tommaso Bardelli;Enrico Marchi;William J. Manning;Ovidiu Badea;Elena Paoletti. - In: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION. - ISSN 0269-7491. - STAMPA. - 180:(2013), pp. 299-303. [10.1016/j.envpol.2013.05.041]
Effects of a three-year exposure to ambient ozone on biomass allocation in poplar using ethylenediurea
MARCHI, ENRICO;
2013
Abstract
We examined the effect of ambient ozone on visible foliar injury, growth and biomass in field-grown poplar cuttings of an Oxford clone sensitive to ozone (Populus maximoviczii Henry x berolinensis Dippel) irrigated with ethylenediurea (EDU) or water for three years. EDU is used as an ozone protectant for plants. Protective effects of EDU on ozone visible injury were found. As a result, poplar trees grown under EDU treatment increased leaves, lateral branches and root density in the third year, although no significant enhancement of stem height and diameter was found. Ambient ozone (AOT40, 24.6 ppm h; diurnal hourly average, 40.3 ppb) may finally reduce carbon gain by reducing the number of branches, and thus sites for leaf formation, in ozone-sensitive poplar trees under not-limiting conditions.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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