Skip to main content

Elevated carbon dioxide and temperature effects on rice yield, leaf greenness, and phenological stages duration

Paddy and Water Environment volume 13, pages 313–324 (2015)Cite this article

Abstract

The present field experiment was conducted during two consecutive cropping seasons in central Portugal to study the effects of simultaneous elevation of carbon dioxide concentration ([CO2]) (550 μmol mol−1) and air temperature (+2–3 °C) on japonica rice (Oryza sativa L. “Ariete”) yield, crop duration, and SPAD-values across the seasons compared with the open-field condition. Open-top chambers were used in the field to assess the effect of elevated air temperature alone or the combined effect of elevated air temperature and atmospheric [CO2]. Open-field condition was assessed with randomized plots under ambient air temperature and actual atmospheric [CO2] (average 382 μmol mol−1). Results obtained showed that the rice “Ariete” had a moderate high yielding under open-field condition, but was susceptible to air temperature rise of +2–3 °C under controlled conditions resulting in reduction of grain yield. The combined increase of atmospheric [CO2] with elevated air temperature compensated for the negative effect of temperature rise alone and crop yield was higher than in the open-field. SPAD-readings at reproductive stage explained by more than 60 % variation the straw dry matter, but this finding requires further studies for consolidation. It can be concluded that potential increase in air temperature may limit rice yield in the near future under Mediterranean areas where climate change scenario poses a serious threat, but long term field experiments are required.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution.

Access options

Buy single article

Instant access to the full article PDF.

USD 39.95

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5

References

  • Ainsworth EA (2008) Rice production in a changing climate: a meta-analysis of responses to elevated carbon dioxide and elevated ozone concentrations. Global Change Biol 14:1642–1650

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Akita S (1989) Improving yield potential in tropical rice, in Progress in Irrigated Rice Research. Proc Intl Rice Res Conf, Hanzon, China, 21–25 September 1987

  • Balasubramanian V, Morales AC, Cruz RT, Abdulrachman S (1999) On-farm adaptation of knowledge-intensive nitrogen management technologies for rice systems. Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst 53:93–101

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bhattacharyya P, Roy KS, Neogi S, Dash PK, Nayak AK, Mohanty S, Baig MJ, Sarkar RK, Rao KS (2013) Impact of elevated CO2 and temperature on soil C and N dynamics in relation to CH4 and N2O emissions from tropical flooded rice (Oryza sativa L.). Sci Total Environ 461–462:601–611

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Biswas PK, Ntanos D (2002) Geographical diversity and its influence on rice yield. Kasetsart J (Nat Sci) 36:345–352

    Google Scholar 

  • Cheng W, Sakai H, Yagi K, Hasegawa T (2009) Interactions of elevated CO2 and night temperature on rice growth and yield. Agr For Meteorol 149:51–58

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Confalonieri R, Bocchi S (2005) Evaluation of CropSyst for simulating the yield of flooded rice in northern Italy. Europ J Agron 23:315–326

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • De Costa WAJM, Weerakoon WMW, Herath HMLK, Abeywardena RMI (2003) Response of growth and yield of rice (Oryza sativa) to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide in the sub-humid zone of Sri Lanka. J Agron Crop Sci 189:83–95

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • De Raïssac M, Andebert A, Roques S, Bolomier J (2004) Competition between plants affects phenology in rice cultivars. 12th Australian Agronomy Conference, 4th ICSC: Australian Society of Agronomy

  • Dobermann A, Fairhurst T (2000) Rice: Nutrient Disorders & Nutrient Management. Potash & Phosphate Institute (PPI), Potash & Phosphate Institute of Canada (PPIC) and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), pp 201

  • Esfahani M, Abbasi HRA, Rabiei B, Kavousi M (2008) Improvement of nitrogen management in rice paddy fields using chlorophyll meter (SPAD). Paddy Water Environ 6:181–188

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Figueiredo N, Menino R, Prazeres A, Fareleira P, Vargues A, Carranca C, Marques P, Pereira J, Goufo P, Trindade H, Carneiro J, Couto N, Mateus E, Ribeiro A, Coutinho J (2013) O cultivo do arroz em Portugal e a resposta do agrossistema às alterações ambientais de temperatura e concentração de dióxido de carbono. Vida Rural 1787:28–31

    Google Scholar 

  • Gholizadeh A, Amin MSM, Anuar AR, Aimrun W (2009) Evaluation of SPAD chlorophyll meter in two different rice growth stages and its temporal variability. Eur J Scient Res 37:591–598

    Google Scholar 

  • Goufo P, Ferreira LMM, Carranca C, Rosa EAS, Trindade H (2014a) Effect of elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) on rice quality: proximate composition, dietary fibres and free sugars. Cereal Chem. doi:10.1094/CCHEM-09-13-0180-R

    Google Scholar 

  • Goufo P, Pereira J, Figueiredo N, Oliveira MBPP, Carranca C, Rosa EAS, Trindade H (2014b) Effect of elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) on phenolic acids, flavonoids, tocopherols, tocotrienols, γ-oryzanol and antioxidant capacities of rice (Oryza sativa L.). J Cereal Sci 59:15–24

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Goufo P, Pereira J, Moutinho-Pereira J, Correia CM, Figueiredo N, Carranca C, Rosa EAS, Trindade H (2014c) Rice (Oryza sativa L.) phenolic compounds under elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration. Environ Exp Bot 99:28–37

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Goufo P, Falco V, Brites C, Wessel DF, Kratz S, Rosa EAS, Carranca C, Trindade H (2014d) Effect of elevated CO2 on rice quality: nutritive value, appearance, milling and cooking properties. Cereal Chem. doi:10.1094/CCHEM-12-13-30256-R

    Google Scholar 

  • IUSS Working Group (2006) World Reference Base for Soil Resources 2006, Volume 103, World Soil Resources Report, 2ª Edição, Roma, FAO

  • Haque MM, Hamid A, Khanam M, Biswas DK, Karim MA, Khaliq QA, Hossain MA, Uprety DC (2006) The effect of elevated CO2 concentration on leaf chlorophyll and nitrogen contents in rice during post-flowering phases. Biol Plant 50:69–73

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • IPCC (2007) Summary for policy makers. In: The physical science basis. Solomon S D, Qin M, Manning Z, Chen M, Marquis M, Avery KB, Tignor M, Miller H L (Eds). Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, UK: Climate Change 2007: Cambridge University Press

  • IRRI (Int. Rice Res. Inst.) (1997) Rice almanac, 2nd edn. IRRI, Manila, p 184

    Google Scholar 

  • Krishnan P, Ramakrishnan B, Reddy KR, Reddy VR (2011) High temperature effects on rice growth, yield, and grain quality. Adv Agron 111:87–206

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Liu Q-H, Wu X, Li T, Ma J-Q, Zhou X-B (2013) Effects of elevated air temperature on physiological haracteristics of flag leaves and grain yield in rice. Chil J Agrc Res 73:85–90

    Google Scholar 

  • Madan P, Jagadish SVK, Craufurd PQ, Fitzgerald M, Lafarge T, Wheeler TR (2012) Effect of elevated CO2 and high temperature on seed-set and grain quality of rice. J Exp Bot 63:3843–3852

    Article  PubMed Central  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Matsui T, Namuco OS, Ziska LH, Horie T (1997) Effect of high temperature and CO2 concentration on spikelet sterility in indica rice. Field Crops Res 51:213–219

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mohammed AR, Tarpley L (2009) High nighttime temperatures affect rice productivity through altered pollen germination and spikelet fertility. Agric For Meteorol 149:999–1008

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Neto C, Carranca C, Clemente J, de Varennes A (2011) Assessing the N nutritional status of young non-bearing ‘Rocha’ pear trees grown in a Mediterranean region using a chlorophyll meter. J Plant Nutr 34:627–639

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Oh-e I, Saitoh K, Kuroda T (2007) Effects of high temperature on growth, yield and dry matter production of rice grown in the paddy field. Plant Prod Sci 10:412–422

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Pereira J, Figueiredo N, Goufo P, Carneiro J, Morais R, Carranca C, Coutinho J, Trindade H (2013) Effects of elevated temperature and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration on the emissions of methane and nitrous oxide from Portuguese flooded rice fields. Atmos Environ 80:464–471

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Piekielek W, Linenfelter D, Beegle D, Fox R (2008) The early season chlorophyll meter for corn. Agron Facts 53:1–8

    Google Scholar 

  • Satapathy SS, Swain DK, Herath S (2014) Field experiments and simulation to evaluate rice cultivar adaptation to elevated carbon dioxide and temperature in sub-tropical India. Eur J Agron 54:21–33

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Shoor M, Mondani F, Aliverdi A, Golzardi F (2012) Interaction effect of CO2 enrichment and nutritional conditions on physiological characteristics, essential oil and yield of lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis L.). Not Sci Biol 4:121–130

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Sreenivasan PS (1985) Agro-climatology of rice in India. Rice research in India. ICAR, New Dehli, pp 213–214

    Google Scholar 

  • Swain DK, Sandip SJ (2010) Development of SPAD values of medium-and long duration rice variety for site-specific nitrogen management. J Agron 9:38–44

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Tran DV (1997) World rice production main issues and technical possibilities. Cah Opt Mediterr 24:57–69

    Google Scholar 

  • Wang Y, Frei M, Song Q, Yang L (2011) The impact of atmospheric CO2 concentration enrichment on rice quality–a research review. Acta Ecol Sin 31:277–282

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wassmann R, Jagadish SVK, Heuer S, Ismail A, Redona E, Serraj R, Singh RK, Howell G, Pathak H, Sumfleth K (2009) Climate change affecting rice production: the physiological and agronomic basis for possible adaptation strategies. Adv Agron 101:59–122

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Weerakoon WMW, Ingram KT, Moss DN (2005) Atmospheric CO2 concentration effects on N partitioning and fertilizer N recovery in field grown rice (Oryza sativa L.). Agric Ecosyst Env 108:342–349

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgement

Authors acknowledge COTArroz and its staff for facilities, climatic data, and help for the field work, as well as the reviewers for their constructive suggestions. Authors also acknowledge the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, Portugal) for the financial support through the project PTDC/AGR-AAM/102529/2008. This work was also supported by European Union Funds (FEDER/COMPETE-Operational Competitiveness Programme) and by national funds (FCT) under the project FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-022692.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Quinta do Marquês, Av. República, Nova Oeiras, 2784-505, Oeiras, Portugal

    Nuno Figueiredo, Corina Carranca & Rosa Maricato

  2. Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences, CITAB, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, UTAD, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801, Vila Real, Portugal

    Henrique Trindade, José Pereira & Piebiep Goufo

  3. Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, IPV, Agricultural Polytechnic School of Viseu, ESAV, Quinta da Alagoa, 3500-606, Viseu, Portugal

    José Pereira

  4. Chemistry Centre, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, UTAD, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801, Vila Real, Portugal

    João Coutinho

  5. Centro Operativo e Tecnológico do Arroz, Salvaterra de Magos, Portugal

    Paula Marques

  6. Biosystems Engineering Center (CEER) ISA/UL, Lisbon, Portugal

    Corina Carranca & Amarilis de Varennes

  7. lnstituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas (ICAAM), Univ. Évora, Núcleo da Mitra, Apartado, 947002, Évora, Portugal

    Corina Carranca

Authors
  1. Nuno Figueiredo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Corina Carranca
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Henrique Trindade
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. José Pereira
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Piebiep Goufo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. João Coutinho
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Paula Marques
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. Rosa Maricato
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  9. Amarilis de Varennes
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Corina Carranca.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and Permissions

About this article

Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Figueiredo, N., Carranca, C., Trindade, H. et al. Elevated carbon dioxide and temperature effects on rice yield, leaf greenness, and phenological stages duration. Paddy Water Environ 13, 313–324 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10333-014-0447-x

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10333-014-0447-x

Keywords

  • Maturation duration
  • Modeling
  • Open-field
  • Open-top chamber
  • SPAD-reading