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Changes in stomatal conductance and net photosynthesis during phenological development in spring wheat: implications for gas exchange modelling

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Gas exchange was measured from 1 month before the onset of anthesis until the end of grain filling in field-grown spring wheat, Triticum aestivum L., cv. Vinjett, in southern Sweden. Two g s models were parameterised using these data: one Jarvis-type multiplicative g s model (J-model), and one combined stomatal-photosynthesis model (L-model). In addition, the multiplicative g s model parameterisation for wheat used within the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP-model) was tested and evaluated. The J-model performed well (R 2=0.77), with no systematic pattern of the residuals plotted against the driving variables. The L-model explained a larger proportion of the variation in g s data when observations of A n were used as input data (R 2=0.71) compared to when A n was modelled (R 2=0.53). In both cases there was a systematic model failure, with g s being over- and underestimated before and after anthesis, respectively. This pattern was caused by the non-parallel changes in g s and A n during plant phenological development, with A n both peaking and starting to decline earlier as compared to g s . The EMEP-model accounted for 41% of the variation in g s data, with g s being underestimated after anthesis. We conclude that, under the climatic conditions prevailing in southern Scandinavia, the performance of the combined stomatal-photosynthesis approach is hampered by the non-parallel changes in g s and A n, and that the phenology function of the EMEP-model, having a sharp local maximum at anthesis, should be replaced by a function with a broad non-limiting period after anthesis.

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Acknowledgements

First of all, we would like thank David Lindblad for assistance with making the measurements. We are also very grateful to Gunnar and Arne Olsson for giving us access to their spring wheat field and for describing the cultivation practices, and to Henrik Stadig for details on soil characteristics at the site. This study was financially supported by the ASTA programme, which is financed by the Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (Mistra).

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Uddling, J., Pleijel, H. Changes in stomatal conductance and net photosynthesis during phenological development in spring wheat: implications for gas exchange modelling. Int J Biometeorol 51, 37–48 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-006-0039-6

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