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Responses of canopy and soil climate in a six year free-air CO₂ enrichment study with spring crops
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Agricultural and forest meteorology, 2010-03, Vol.150 (3), p.354-360
Ort / Verlag
Amsterdam: [Oxford]: Elsevier Science Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr
2010
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Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals Complete
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Besides increased growth, plants cultivated under elevated carbon dioxide (CO₂) show reduced transpiration and improved water use efficiency due to decreased stomatal conductances. While growth profits from the longer availability of soil water under CO₂ enrichment, increased canopy temperature may counteract these positive effects. Here we report on time series of soil temperatures and moistures from six years in which spring crops were cultivated in free-air CO₂ enrichment (Mini-FACE) experiments. Besides air and soil climate, temperature and relative humidity were determined in wheat canopies. Measurements rested on five replicates per treatment, representing a control (CON), an ambient air (AMB) and a FACE treatment. While the CON and AMB plots did not receive additional CO₂, concentrations were moderately elevated by 150μll⁻¹ in the FACE plots. Plant growth differed among years due to the different climate and duration of individual experiments. Total biomass production was increased in the FACE treatments but significant effects were found only in one out of six years. In most of the years, soil temperatures tended to be reduced and soil moistures remained higher under elevated CO₂. Because the observed differences recurred during the growing season, we conclude that CO₂ enrichment was responsible for changes of the soil microclimate. At the same time vapour pressure deficit in the canopy significantly differed between the treatments for some days. While canopy heating due to CO₂ enrichment occurred in the early growing season these effects disappeared later suggesting that the stronger increase in leaf area index in the FACE treatments mitigated heating effects over time. The results support the supposed effects of CO₂ enrichment on the canopy climate and indicate a ‘microclimatic paradox' with higher soil water availability due to the reduced transpiration and stronger canopy heating in FACE plots at least early in the season.