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Physiological Response at Different Plant Development Stages in Glycine max Exposed to Elevated CO2 Concentrations and Fly Ash-Amended Soils

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Increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide and heavy metals in soils through pollution are serious problems worldwide. In the present study, we investigated the impacts of elevated atmospheric CO2 and fly ash (FA)-amended soil on the physiological response (chlorophyll content, non-structural carbohydrates, oil and total proteins) of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] at three growth stages (vegetative, reproductive and maturity). An increase in plant growth and biomass was observed at elevated CO2 and for moderate concentrations of FA in amended soils in all development plant stages. In contrast to these results, a different response pattern was found for the chlorophyll content and non-structural carbohydrates in relation to the developmental stage, showing that even though in the vegetative growth stage the highest concentration of chlorophylls corresponded to elevated CO2 conditions. An opposite result was observed during the grain filling stage (reduction of chlorophylls of 15 % at ambient CO2 conditions for the treatments 10, 15, and 25 % of FA), which probably is related with the distribution of nutrients at this stage. Regarding to oil and total protein content an increase was observed at elevated CO2 and high concentrations of FA in amended soils. Our findings demonstrate that elevated CO2 and FA-amended soils alter the physiological response of soybean affecting the crop quality.

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Acknowledgments

This work was funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) through scholarships to the author J. H. Rodriguez. Special thanks to the EnBW (Energie Baden-Württemberg company), Germany for providing the fly ash, to Agronomic Engineer L. Salines (INTA Marcos Juarez), for providing the soybean seeds and to Dr. J. Franzaring for setting the test program in the environmental chambers. The staff of the Institute of Landscape and Plant Ecology, Section Plant Ecology and Ecotoxicology, is thanked for the lab assistance and Mr. S. Weller for language revision.

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  1. Multidisciplinary Institute of Plant Biology, Pollution and Bioindicator Section, Faculty of Physical and Natural Sciences, National University of Córdoba, Av. Vélez Sársfield 1611, X5016CGA, Córdoba, Argentina

    Judith Hebelen Rodriguez & María Luisa Pignata

  2. Institute of Landscape and Plant Ecology (320), Plant Ecology and Ecotoxicology, Universität Hohenheim, August-von-Hartmann-Str. 3, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany

    Andreas Klumpp, Petra Högy & Andreas Fangmeier

  3. Multidisciplinary Institute of Plant Biology, Section Phytochemistry, Faculty of Physical and Natural Sciences, National University of Córdoba, Av. Vélez Sársfield 1611, X5016CGA, Córdoba, Argentina

    Damián Modesto Maestri, Alicia Lamarque & Diana Labuckas

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Rodriguez, J.H., Klumpp, A., Högy, P. et al. Physiological Response at Different Plant Development Stages in Glycine max Exposed to Elevated CO2 Concentrations and Fly Ash-Amended Soils. Agric Res 4, 160–170 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40003-015-0154-x

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