Variation of ozone concentration of winter wheat field and mechanistic analysis of its possible effect on wheat yield in Northwest-Shandong Plain of China

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1258.2012.00313

Abstract

Abstract:

Aims High near-surface ozone (O₃) has adverse effects on crop growth and yield. Our objective was to analyze the potential impact of O₃ concentration on winter wheat yield, the magnitude and change characteristic of O₃ concentration over a winter wheat field and the relationship between CO₂flux and O₃ concentration.
Methods The research site was a winter wheat field at the Yucheng Experimental Station (Shandong Province) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. We observed O₃ concentration with a portable ozone analyzer. We simultaneously measured micrometeorological and radiation factors such as air temperature, humidity, wind speed and global and net radiation. All data were recorded with a high frequency data-logger and averaged every 30 min.
Important findings There was a diurnal change pattern in O₃ concentration, with low and high mean O₃ concentrations at about 7:00 and 16:00, respectively. Mean O₃ concentration was (30.4 ± 20.1) nL·L ^-1(mean ± SE), and the maximum of the 30 min-averaged O₃ concentration was 93.1 nL·L ^-1. During wheat spring growing season (1 March to 31 May, 2011), mean O₃ concentration increased 0.17 nL·L ^-1·d ^-1. Daytime 7-hour and 12-hour mean O₃ concentration (M7 and M12) were 45.7 and 43.1 nL·L ^-1, respectively. Accumulated O₃ concentration above the threshold of 40 nL·L ^-1 (AOT40) was 9.8 μL·L ^-1·h. Accumulated O₃ concentration above 60 nL·L ^-1 (SUM06) was 12.6 μL·L ^-1·h. Weight-corrected O₃ concentration accumulation (W126) was 10.1 μL·L ^-1·h. When O₃concentration is high (i.e., >60 nL·L ^-1), there is an inverse relationship between CO₂ flux and O₃ concentration. It implied that the threshold of O₃ concentration should be about 60 nL·L ^-1, which is higher than the 40 nL·L ^-1threshold widely applied by European scientists. By using yield-response models to O₃ concentration obtained in open-top chambers (OTC) by European and USA scientists, winter wheat yield is potentially decreased about 5.2%-8.8% at the current O₃ level in Northwest-Shandong Plain.

Key words: cropland ecosystem, Northwest-Shandong Plain, ozone concentration, ozone pollution indexes, winter wheat yield

ZHU Zhi-Lin,SUN Xiao-Min,ZHAO Feng-Hua,WEN Xue-Fa,TANG Xin-Zhai,YUAN Guo-Fu. Variation of ozone concentration of winter wheat field and mechanistic analysis of its possible effect on wheat yield in Northwest-Shandong Plain of China[J]. Chin J Plant Ecol, 2012, 36(4): 313-323.

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Fig. 1 Time series change of 30 min-averaged O3 concentration during spring growing season of winter wheat (1 March-31 May, 2011).

Fig. 2 Diurnal course of mean ozone concentration (1 March- 31 May, 2011) (mean ± SE).

Fig. 3 Seasonal changes of daytime- and daily- averaged O3 concentration (M12 and M24) (1 March to 31 May, 2011).

Fig. 4 Changes of daily and continuously accumulated ozone concentration above 40 nL·L-1 (AOT40day and AOT40) during winter wheat growing season.

Fig. 5 Relationship between daily accumulated ozone concentration above 60 nL·L-1 (SUM06day) and daily accumulated ozone concentration above the threshold of 40 nL·L-1 (AOT40day).

Fig. 6 Relationship between 30 min-mean of ozone concentration and 3-hour ahead global radiation (Q) in daytime.

Fig. 7 Relationship between daytime mean O3 concentration (M12) and corresponding mean air temperature.

Fig. 8 Diurnal changes of global radiation (Q), CO2 flux (Fc) ,O3 concentration (CO3) and CO2 concentration (CCO2) in a typical weather condition (19 Apr. 2011).

Fig. 9 Relationship between ozone concentration and CO2 flux (Fc) in daytime.

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