Effects of elevated CO2 concentration on growth, annual ring structure and photosynthesis in Larix kaempferi seedlings |
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| Authors: | Yazaki Kenichi Ishida Sachie Kawagishi Takayuki Fukatsu Eitaro Maruyama Yutaka Kitao Mitsutoshi Tobita Hiroyuki Koike Takayoshi Funada Ryo |
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| Institution: | Laboratory of Wood Biology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan. |
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| Abstract: | We evaluated the effects of elevated carbon dioxide concentration (CO2]) and two nutrient regimes on stem growth rate, annual ring structure and temporal variations in photosynthetic characteristics of seedlings of Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi (Lamb.) Carr.). Seedlings were grown in phytotron chambers in an ambient (360 ppm) or an elevated (720 ppm) CO2] in two nutrient regimes for one growing season. Elevated CO2] reduced stem height and increased stem basal diameter compared with ambient CO2]. The effect of elevated CO2] on growth tended to be greater at high-nutrient supply than at low-nutrient supply. Elevated CO2] had no significant effect on ring width or the number of tracheids per radial file. There was no obvious difference in cell wall thickness or the relative area of the cell wall between seedlings grown in ambient or elevated CO2]. Although growth in elevated CO2] resulted in a slight increase in cell diameter, the increase had a relatively minor effect on the relative area of the cell wall. Net assimilation rate increased in response to elevated CO2]; however, the increase in whole-crown photosynthetic rate (Total Agrowth) in seedlings in the elevated CO2] treatment was minimal because of the smaller specific needle area and acclimation of the photosynthetic characteristics of the needles to the growth CO2]. In conclusion, we observed no obvious enhancement in the capacity for carbon fixation in Japanese larch seedlings grown in the presence of elevated CO2] that might be attributable to changes in stem growth. However, elevated CO2] caused changes in the temporal pattern of stem growth and in some anatomical features of the tracheids. |
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