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Fang J, Tan X, Yang Z, Shen W, Peñuelas J. Contrasting terpene emissions from canopy and understory vegetation in response to increases in nitrogen deposition and seasonal changes in precipitation. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2023; 317:120800. [PMID: 36473640 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Revised: 11/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Given global change and shifts in climate are expected to increase BVOC emissions, the quantification of links between environmental conditions, plant physiology, and terpene emission dynamics is required to improve model predictions of ecosystem responses to increasing nitrogen deposition and changes in precipitation regimes. Here, we conducted a two-factor field experiment in sub-tropical forest plots to determine effects of N addition (N), precipitation change (PC), and NP (N and PC combined treatment) on wet and dry season terpene emissions and leaf photosynthetic parameters from canopy and understory species. Changes of β-ocimene and sabinene under PC and NP in the wet season (0.4-5.6-fold change) were the largest contributor to changes in total terpene emissions. In the dry season, the standardized total terpene emission rate was enhanced by 144.9% under N addition and 185.7% under PC for the understory species, while the total terpene emission rate was lower under NP than N addition and PC, indicating that N addition tended to moderate increases in PC-induced understory total terpene emissions. In the wet season, the total terpene emission rate under N and PC was close to ambient conditions for the canopy species, while the total terpene emission rate was enhanced by 54.6% under NP, indicating that N and PC combined treatment had an additive effect on canopy total terpene emissions. Total terpene emission rates increased with rates of net leaf photosynthesis (Pn) and transpiration (Tr) and there was a decoupling between terpene emission rates and Pn under NP, indicating that complex effects between PC and N decreased the regularity of single-factor effects. We recommend that N and PC interaction effects are included in models for the prediction of terpene emissions, particularly from canopy vegetation during the wet season as a major source of forest ecosystem terpene emissions.
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- Jianbo Fang
- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Agro-bioresources, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530004, China.
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- CREAF, Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, 08193, Catalonia, Spain; CSIC, Global Ecology Unit CREAF - CSIC-UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 08193, Catalonia, Spain
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Manco A, Ciccioli P, Famulari D, Brilli F, Ciccioli P, Tommasi PD, Toscano P, Gioli B, Esposito A, Magliulo V. Real-time air concentrations and turbulent fluxes of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) over historic closed landfills to assess their potential environmental impact. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 309:119748. [PMID: 35868472 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Revised: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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For the first time, emission/deposition fluxes of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and H2S from a historic closed landfill site in Southern Italy were determined by Eddy Covariance (EC) using Proton Transfer Reaction Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (PTR-TOF-MS). This was done in two field campaigns of one week performed in July and October 2016, where fluxes of CO2 and CH4 were also measured. Many compounds not previously identified in the biogas were detected by PTR-TOF-MS, but only in July some of them produced positive fluxes exceeding the flux limit of detection. Methanol was the most emitted compound with an average flux of 44.20 ± 4.28 μg m-2 h-1, followed by toluene with a mean flux of 18.97 ± 2.47 μg m-2 h-1. Toluene fluxes were 10 times higher than those of benzene, fitting rather well with values previously measured in the biogas. VOCs emission fluxes of monoterpenes and highly reactive arenes did not reflect, however, the biogas composition. This, combined with tiny emissions of VOC oxidation products, suggests that landfill emissions underwent some photochemical degradation before being dispersed in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). Deposition fluxes of some VOCs emitted from the sea was also observed in July. No relevant VOC fluxes were instead measured in October, suggesting that temperature was the variable controlling most landfill emission. Albeit small, summer landfill emissions from the investigated site can have an impact on the population living nearby, because they contain or still generate compounds that causing nuisance.
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- Antonio Manco
- National Research Council, Institute for Agricultural and Forestry Systems in the Mediterranean (CNR-ISAFOM), Piazzale E. Fermi 1, 80055, Portici (NA), Italy.
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- National Research Council, Institute of Biological Systems, (CNR-ISB), Area Della Ricerca di Roma, 00015, Monterotondo Scalo, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute for Agricultural and Forestry Systems in the Mediterranean (CNR-ISAFOM), Piazzale E. Fermi 1, 80055, Portici (NA), Italy
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IPSP), Via Madonna Del Piano 10, 50017, Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze), Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute of Biological Systems, (CNR-ISB), Area Della Ricerca di Roma, 00015, Monterotondo Scalo, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute for Agricultural and Forestry Systems in the Mediterranean (CNR-ISAFOM), Piazzale E. Fermi 1, 80055, Portici (NA), Italy
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- Institute of Bioeconomy, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IBE), Via G. Caproni 8, 50145, Firenze, Italy
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- Institute of Bioeconomy, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IBE), Via G. Caproni 8, 50145, Firenze, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute for Agricultural and Forestry Systems in the Mediterranean (CNR-ISAFOM), Piazzale E. Fermi 1, 80055, Portici (NA), Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute for Agricultural and Forestry Systems in the Mediterranean (CNR-ISAFOM), Piazzale E. Fermi 1, 80055, Portici (NA), Italy
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Brilli F, Pignattelli S, Baraldi R, Neri L, Pollastri S, Gonnelli C, Giovannelli A, Loreto F, Cocozza C. Root Exposure to 5-Aminolevulinic Acid (ALA) Affects Leaf Element Accumulation, Isoprene Emission, Phytohormonal Balance, and Photosynthesis of Salt-Stressed Arundo donax. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:4311. [PMID: 35457125 PMCID: PMC9028702 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23084311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Arundo donax has been recognized as a promising crop for biomass production on marginal lands due to its superior productivity and stress tolerance. However, salt stress negatively impacts A. donax growth and photosynthesis. In this study, we tested whether the tolerance of A. donax to salinity stress can be enhanced by the addition of 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA), a known promoter of plant growth and abiotic stress tolerance. Our results indicated that root exposure to ALA increased the ALA levels in leaves along the A. donax plant profile. ALA enhanced Na+ accumulation in the roots of salt-stressed plants and, at the same time, lowered Na+ concentration in leaves, while a reduced callose amount was found in the root tissue. ALA also improved the photosynthetic performance of salt-stressed apical leaves by stimulating stomatal opening and preventing an increase in the ratio between abscisic acid (ABA) and indol-3-acetic acid (IAA), without affecting leaf methanol emission and plant growth. Supply of ALA to the roots reduced isoprene fluxes from leaves of non-stressed plants, while it sustained isoprene fluxes along the profile of salt-stressed A. donax. Thus, ALA likely interacted with the methylerythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathway and modulate the synthesis of either ABA or isoprene under stressful conditions. Overall, our study highlights the effectiveness of ALA supply through soil fertirrigation in preserving the young apical developing leaves from the detrimental effects of salt stress, thus helping of A. donax to cope with salinity and favoring the recovery of the whole plant once the stress is removed.
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- Federico Brilli
- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protectio, National Research Council of Italy (IPSP-CNR), Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; (S.P.); (S.P.); (F.L.); (C.C.)
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protectio, National Research Council of Italy (IPSP-CNR), Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; (S.P.); (S.P.); (F.L.); (C.C.)
- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy (IBBR-CNR), Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Institute for BioEconomy, National Research Council of Italy (IBE-CNR), Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy; (R.B.); (L.N.)
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- Institute for BioEconomy, National Research Council of Italy (IBE-CNR), Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy; (R.B.); (L.N.)
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protectio, National Research Council of Italy (IPSP-CNR), Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; (S.P.); (S.P.); (F.L.); (C.C.)
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Via Micheli 1, 50121 Firenze, Italy;
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- Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems, National Research Council of Italy (IRET-CNR), Via Madonna del Piano 10, 5001 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy;
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protectio, National Research Council of Italy (IPSP-CNR), Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; (S.P.); (S.P.); (F.L.); (C.C.)
- Department of Biology, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Cinthia 7, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protectio, National Research Council of Italy (IPSP-CNR), Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; (S.P.); (S.P.); (F.L.); (C.C.)
- Department of Agriculture Food Environment and Forestry, University of Florence, Via San Bon-Aventura 13, 50145 Firenze, Italy
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Brilli F, Dani KGS, Pasqualini S, Costarelli A, Cannavò S, Paolocci F, Zittelli GC, Mugnai G, Baraldi R, Loreto F. Exposure to different light intensities affects emission of volatiles and accumulations of both pigments and phenolics in Azolla filiculoides. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2022; 174:e13619. [PMID: 34988977 PMCID: PMC9305523 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Many agronomic trials demonstrated the nitrogen-fixing ability of the ferns Azolla spp. and its obligate cyanobiont Trichormus azollae. In this study, we have screened the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and analyzed pigments (chlorophylls, carotenoids) as well as phenolic compounds in Azolla filiculoides-T. azollae symbionts exposed to different light intensities. Our results revealed VOC emission mainly comprising isoprene and methanol (~82% and ~13% of the overall blend, respectively). In particular, by dissecting VOC emission from A. filiculoides and T. azollae, we found that the cyanobacterium does not emit isoprene, whereas it relevantly contributes to the methanol flux. Enhanced isoprene emission capacity (15.95 ± 2.95 nmol m-2 s-1 ), along with increased content of both phenolic compounds and carotenoids, was measured in A. filiculoides grown for long-term under high (700 μmol m-2 s-1 ) rather than medium (400 μmol m-2 s-1 ) and low (100 μmol m-2 s-1 ) light intensity. Moreover, light-responses of chlorophyll fluorescence demonstrated that A. filiculoides was able to acclimate to high growth light. However, exposure of A. filiculoides from low (100 μmol m-2 s-1 ) to very high light (1000 μmol m-2 s-1 ) did not affect, in the short term, photosynthesis, but slightly decreased isoprene emission and leaf pigment content whereas, at the same time, dramatically raised the accumulation of phenolic compounds (i.e. deoxyanthocyanidins and phlobaphenes). Our results highlight a coordinated photoprotection mechanism consisting of isoprene emission and phenolic compounds accumulation employed by A. filiculoides to cope with increasing light intensities.
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- Federico Brilli
- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP)National Research Council of Italy (CNR)Sesto FiorentinoItaly
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP)National Research Council of Italy (CNR)Sesto FiorentinoItaly
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and BiotechnologyUniversity of PerugiaPerugiaItaly
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and BiotechnologyUniversity of PerugiaPerugiaItaly
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and BiotechnologyUniversity of PerugiaPerugiaItaly
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR)National Research Council of Italy (CNR)PerugiaItaly
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- Institute of BioEconomy (IBE)National Research Council of Italy (CNR)Sesto FiorentinoItaly
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- Institute of BioEconomy (IBE)National Research Council of Italy (CNR)BolognaItaly
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP)National Research Council of Italy (CNR)Sesto FiorentinoItaly
- Department of BiologyThe University of Naples Federico IINaplesItaly
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Gualtieri G, Di Lonardo S, Carotenuto F, Toscano P, Vagnoli C, Zaldei A, Gioli B. The role of emissions and meteorology in driving CO 2 concentrations in urban areas. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:29908-29918. [PMID: 33575944 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-12754-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A multi-year dataset of measurements of CO2 concentrations, eddy covariance fluxes, and meteorological parameters over the city centre of Florence (Italy) has been analysed to assess the role of anthropogenic emissions and meteorology in controlling urban CO2 concentrations. The latter exhibited a negative correlation with air temperature, wind speed, solar radiation, and sensible heat flux and a positive one with relative humidity and emissions. A linear and an artificial neural network (ANN) model have been developed and validated for short-term modelling of 3-h CO2 concentrations. The ANN model performed better, with mean bias of 0.58 ppm, root mean square error within 30 ppm, and r2=0.49. Data clustering through the self-organized maps allowed to disentangle the role played by emissions and meteorological parameters in influencing CO2 concentrations. Sensitivity analysis of CO2 concentrations revealed a primary role played by the meteorological parameters, particularly wind speed. These results highlighted that (i) emission reduction actions at local urban scale should be better tied to actual and expected meteorological conditions and (ii) those actions alone have limited effects (e.g. a 20% emission reduction would result in a 3% CO2 concentrations reduction). For all these reasons, large-scale policies would be needed.
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- Giovanni Gualtieri
- National Research Council, Institute of BioEconomy (CNR-IBE), Via Caproni 8, 50145, Firenze, Italy.
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- National Research Council, Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems (CNR-IRET), Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute of BioEconomy (CNR-IBE), Via Caproni 8, 50145, Firenze, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute of BioEconomy (CNR-IBE), Via Caproni 8, 50145, Firenze, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute of BioEconomy (CNR-IBE), Via Caproni 8, 50145, Firenze, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute of BioEconomy (CNR-IBE), Via Caproni 8, 50145, Firenze, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute of BioEconomy (CNR-IBE), Via Caproni 8, 50145, Firenze, Italy
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Portillo-Estrada M, Ariza-Carricondo C, Ceulemans R. Outburst of senescence-related VOC emissions from a bioenergy poplar plantation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2020; 148:324-332. [PMID: 32004916 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Revised: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Leaf senescence is a catabolic process that emits volatile organic compounds (VOCs). In densely planted monocultures these VOC emissions occur in outbursts that might be relevant for the local air quality since these VOCs are typically oxygenated. The VOC emissions of a high-density poplar (Populus) bioenergy plantation were monitored along with meteorological parameters, CO2 and H2O exchanges, canopy greenness, and leaf area index during the second half of the year 2015. The emissions of 25 VOCs peaked at the beginning of September, coinciding with the onset of senescence. Together these VOC emissions amounted to a total of 2.85 mmol m-2, translated into 98.3 mg C m-2. The emission peak was mainly composed of oxygenated VOCs as methanol, acetic acid, and lipoxygenase products that are all typical for catabolic processes. So, the senescence process of the poplar plantation was very well reflected in the peak of VOC emissions.
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- Miguel Portillo-Estrada
- Centre of Excellence PLECO, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610, Wilrijk, Belgium.
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- Centre of Excellence PLECO, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610, Wilrijk, Belgium.
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- Centre of Excellence PLECO, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610, Wilrijk, Belgium; CzechGlobe, SustES, Belidla 4a, 603 00, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Demetillo MAG, Anderson JF, Geddes JA, Yang X, Najacht EY, Herrera SA, Kabasares KM, Kotsakis AE, Lerdau MT, Pusede SE. Observing Severe Drought Influences on Ozone Air Pollution in California. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2019; 53:4695-4706. [PMID: 30968688 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b04852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Drought conditions affect ozone air quality, potentially altering multiple terms in the O3 mass balance equation. Here, we present a multiyear observational analysis using data collected before, during, and after the record-breaking California drought (2011-2015) at the O3-polluted locations of Fresno and Bakersfield near the Sierra Nevada foothills. We separately assess drought influences on O3 chemical production ( PO3) from O3 concentration. We show that isoprene concentrations, which are a source of O3-forming organic reactivity, were relatively insensitive to early drought conditions but decreased by more than 50% during the most severe drought years (2014-2015), with recovery a function of location. We find drought-isoprene effects are temperature-dependent, even after accounting for changes in leaf area, consistent with laboratory studies but not previously observed at landscape scales with atmospheric observations. Drought-driven decreases in organic reactivity are contemporaneous with a change in dominant oxidation mechanism, with PO3 becoming more NO x-suppressed, leading to a decrease in PO3 of ∼20%. We infer reductions in atmospheric O3 loss of ∼15% during the most severe drought period, consistent with past observations of decreases in O3 uptake by plants. We consider drought-related trends in O3 variability on synoptic time scales by analyzing statistics of multiday high-O3 events. We discuss implications for regulating O3 air pollution in California and other locations under more prevalent drought conditions.
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- Mary Angelique G Demetillo
- Department of Environmental Sciences , University of Virginia , Charlottesville , Virginia 22904 , United States
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- Department of Environmental Sciences , University of Virginia , Charlottesville , Virginia 22904 , United States
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- Department of Earth and Environment , Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts 02215 , United States
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- Department of Environmental Sciences , University of Virginia , Charlottesville , Virginia 22904 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Saint Mary's College , Notre Dame , Indiana 46556 , United States
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- Department of Environmental Sciences , University of Virginia , Charlottesville , Virginia 22904 , United States
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- Department of Physics , University of California Irvine , Irvine , California 92697 , United States
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- Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences , University of Houston , Houston , Texas 77204 , United States
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- Department of Environmental Sciences , University of Virginia , Charlottesville , Virginia 22904 , United States
- Department of Biology , University of Virginia , Charlottesville , Virginia 22904 , United States
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- Department of Environmental Sciences , University of Virginia , Charlottesville , Virginia 22904 , United States
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Brilli F, Loreto F, Baccelli I. Exploiting Plant Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in Agriculture to Improve Sustainable Defense Strategies and Productivity of Crops. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:264. [PMID: 30941152 PMCID: PMC6434774 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2018] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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There is an urgent need for new sustainable solutions to support agriculture in facing current environmental challenges. In particular, intensification of productivity and food security needs require sustainable exploitation of natural resources and metabolites. Here, we bring the attention to the agronomic potential of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from leaves, as a natural and eco-friendly solution to defend plants from stresses and to enhance crop production. To date, application of VOCs is often limited to fight herbivores. Here we argue that potential applications of VOCs are much wider, as they can also protect from pathogens and environmental stresses. VOCs prime plant's defense mechanisms for an enhanced resistance/tolerance to the upcoming stress, quench reactive oxygen species (ROS), have potent antimicrobial as well as allelopathic effects, and might be important in regulating plant growth, development, and senescence through interactions with plant hormones. Current limits and drawbacks that may hamper the use of VOCs in open field are analyzed, and solutions for a better exploitation of VOCs in future sustainable agriculture are envisioned.
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- Federico Brilli
- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council of Italy, Florence, Italy
- *Correspondence: Federico Brilli,
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- Department of Biology, Agriculture and Food Sciences, National Research Council of Italy, Rome, Italy
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council of Italy, Florence, Italy
- Ivan Baccelli,
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Huang J, Hartmann H, Hellén H, Wisthaler A, Perreca E, Weinhold A, Rücker A, van Dam NM, Gershenzon J, Trumbore S, Behrendt T. New Perspectives on CO 2, Temperature, and Light Effects on BVOC Emissions Using Online Measurements by PTR-MS and Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2018; 52:13811-13823. [PMID: 30335995 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b01435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Volatile organic compounds (VOC) play important roles in atmospheric chemistry, plant ecology, and physiology, and biogenic VOC (BVOC) emitted by plants is the largest VOC source. Our knowledge about how environmental drivers (e.g., carbon, light, and temperature) may regulate BVOC emissions is limited because they are often not controlled. We combined a greenhouse facility to manipulate atmospheric CO2 ([CO2]) with proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) and cavity ring-down spectroscopy to investigate the regulation of BVOC in Norway spruce. Our results indicate a direct relationship between [CO2] and methanol and acetone emissions, and their temperature and light dependencies, possibly related to substrate availability. The composition of monoterpenes stored in needles remained constant, but emissions of mono-(linalool) and sesquiterpenes (β-farnesene) increased at lower [CO2], with the effects being most pronounced at the highest air temperature. Pulse-labeling suggested an immediate incorporation of recently assimilated carbon into acetone, mono- and sesquiterpene emissions even under 50 ppm [CO2]. Our results provide new perspectives on CO2, temperature and light effects on BVOC emissions, in particular how they depend on stored pools and recent photosynthetic products. Future studies using smaller but more seedlings may allow sufficient replication to examine the physiological mechanisms behind the BVOC responses.
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- Jianbei Huang
- Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry , Jena , Germany
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute , Helsinki , Finland
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Oslo , Oslo , Norway
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology , Jena , Germany
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- German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research , Leipzig , Germany
- Institute of Ecology , Friedrich Schiller University , Jena , Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry , Jena , Germany
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Portillo‐Estrada M, Zenone T, Arriga N, Ceulemans R. Contribution of volatile organic compound fluxes to the ecosystem carbon budget of a poplar short-rotation plantation. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. BIOENERGY 2018; 10:405-414. [PMID: 29937921 PMCID: PMC5993229 DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2017] [Accepted: 01/23/2018] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) are major precursors of both ozone and secondary organic aerosols (SOA) in the troposphere and represent a non-negligible portion of the carbon fixed by primary producers, but long-term ecosystem-scale measurements of their exchanges with the atmosphere are lacking. In this study, the fluxes of 46 ions corresponding to 36 BVOCs were continuously monitored along with the exchanges of mass (carbon dioxide and water vapor) and energy (sensible and latent heat) for an entire year in a poplar (Populus) short-rotation crop (SRC), using the eddy covariance methodology. BVOC emissions mainly consisted of isoprene, acetic acid, and methanol. Total net BVOC emissions were 19.20 kg C ha-1 yr-1, which represented 0.63% of the net ecosystem exchange (NEE), resulting from -23.59 Mg C ha-1 yr-1 fixed as CO 2 and 20.55 Mg C ha-1 yr-1 respired as CO 2 from the ecosystem. Isoprene emissions represented 0.293% of NEE, being emitted at a ratio of 1 : 1709 mol isoprene per mol of CO 2 fixed. Based on annual ecosystem-scale measurements, this study quantified for the first time that BVOC carbon emissions were lower than previously estimated in other studies (0.5-2% of NEE) on poplar trees. Furthermore, the seasonal and diurnal emission patterns of isoprene, methanol, and other BVOCs provided a better interpretation of the relationships with ecosystem CO 2 and water vapor fluxes, with air temperature, vapor pressure deficit, and photosynthetic photon flux density.
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- Miguel Portillo‐Estrada
- Centre of Excellence PLECODepartment of BiologyUniversity of AntwerpUniversiteitsplein 1WilrijkB‐2610Belgium
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- Centre of Excellence PLECODepartment of BiologyUniversity of AntwerpUniversiteitsplein 1WilrijkB‐2610Belgium
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- Centre of Excellence PLECODepartment of BiologyUniversity of AntwerpUniversiteitsplein 1WilrijkB‐2610Belgium
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- Centre of Excellence PLECODepartment of BiologyUniversity of AntwerpUniversiteitsplein 1WilrijkB‐2610Belgium
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Li S, Harley PC, Niinemets Ü. Ozone-induced foliar damage and release of stress volatiles is highly dependent on stomatal openness and priming by low-level ozone exposure in Phaseolus vulgaris. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2017; 40:1984-2003. [PMID: 28623868 PMCID: PMC5788268 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2017] [Revised: 06/07/2017] [Accepted: 06/08/2017] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Acute ozone exposure triggers major emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), but quantitatively, it is unclear how different ozone doses alter the start and the total amount of these emissions, and the induction rate of different stress volatiles. It is also unclear whether priming (i.e. pre-exposure to lower O3 concentrations) can modify the magnitude and kinetics of volatile emissions. We investigated photosynthetic characteristics and VOC emissions in Phaseolus vulgaris following acute ozone exposure (600 nmol mol-1 for 30 min) under illumination and in darkness and after priming with 200 nmol mol-1 O3 for 30 min. Methanol and lipoxygenase (LOX) pathway product emissions were induced rapidly, followed by moderate emissions of methyl salicylate (MeSA). Stomatal conductance prior to acute exposure was lower in darkness and after low O3 priming than in light and without priming. After low O3 priming, no MeSA and lower LOX emissions were detected under acute exposure. Overall, maximum emission rates and the total amount of emitted LOX products and methanol were quantitatively correlated with total stomatal ozone uptake. These results indicate that different stress volatiles scale differently with ozone dose and highlight the key role of stomatal conductance in controlling ozone uptake, leaf injury and volatile release.
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- Shuai Li
- Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 1, 51014, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 1, 51014, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 1, 51014, Tartu, Estonia
- Estonian Academy of Sciences, Kohtu 6, 10130, Tallinn, Estonia
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Holopainen JK, Kivimäenpää M, Nizkorodov SA. Plant-derived Secondary Organic Material in the Air and Ecosystems. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 22:744-753. [PMID: 28789922 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2017.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Revised: 06/25/2017] [Accepted: 07/07/2017] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Biogenic secondary organic aerosol (SOA) and deposited secondary organic material (SOM) are formed by oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by plants. Many SOA compounds have much longer chemical lifetimes than the original VOC, and may accumulate on plant surfaces and in soil as SOM because of their low volatility. This suggests that they may have important and presently unrecognized roles in plant adaptation. Using reactive plant terpenoids as a model we propose a three-tier (atmosphere-vegetation-soil) framework to better understand the ecological and evolutionary functions of SOM. In this framework, SOA in the atmosphere is known to affect solar radiation, SOM on the plant surfaces influences the interactive organisms, and wet and dry deposition of SOM on soil affects soil organisms.
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- J K Holopainen
- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland.
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- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, 1102 Natural Sciences II, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-2025, USA; Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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Zenone T, Hendriks C, Brilli F, Fransen E, Gioli B, Portillo-Estrada M, Schaap M, Ceulemans R. Interaction between isoprene and ozone fluxes in a poplar plantation and its impact on air quality at the European level. Sci Rep 2016; 6:32676. [PMID: 27615148 PMCID: PMC5018846 DOI: 10.1038/srep32676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 08/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The emission of isoprene and other biogenic volatile organic compounds from vegetation plays an important role in tropospheric ozone (O3) formation. The potentially large expansion of isoprene emitting species (e.g., poplars) for bioenergy production might, therefore, impact tropospheric O3 formation. Using the eddy covariance technique we have simultaneously measured fluxes isoprene, O3 and of CO2 from a poplar (Populus) plantation grown for bioenergy production. We used the chemistry transport model LOTOS-EUROS to scale-up the isoprene emissions associated with the existing poplar plantations in Europe, and we assessed the impact of isoprene fluxes on ground level O3 concentrations. Our findings suggest that isoprene emissions from existing poplar-for-bioenergy plantations do not significantly affect the ground level of O3 concentration. Indeed the overall land in Europe covered with poplar plantations has not significantly changed over the last two decades despite policy incentives to produce bioenergy crops. The current surface area of isoprene emitting poplars-for-bioenergy remains too limited to significantly enhance O3 concentrations and thus to be considered a potential threat for air quality and human health.
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- Terenzio Zenone
- Department of Biology, Centre of Excellence on Plant and Vegetation Ecology (PLECO), University of Antwerp, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
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- TNO, Department of Climate, Air and Sustainability, P.O. Box 80015, 3508 TA, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- National Research Council, Institute of Agro-Environmental and Forest Biology (IBAF-CNR), Via Salaria Km 29,300 - 00016 Monterotondo Scalo, Roma, Italy.,National Research Council, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP-CNR), Via Madonna del piano 10, 50017, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- StatUa Centre for Statistics, University of Antwerp, Prinsstraat 13, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium
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- National Research Council, Institute of Biometeorology (IBIMET-CNR), Via G. Caproni 8, 50145, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Centre of Excellence on Plant and Vegetation Ecology (PLECO), University of Antwerp, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
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- TNO, Department of Climate, Air and Sustainability, P.O. Box 80015, 3508 TA, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biology, Centre of Excellence on Plant and Vegetation Ecology (PLECO), University of Antwerp, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
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