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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 2002, Vol. ›› Issue (5): 547-550.

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Effects of drought, CO2 concentration and temperature increasing on photosynthesis rate, evapotranspiration, and water use efficiency of spring wheat

LIAO Jianxiong, WANG Genxuan   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Arid Agroecology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000;Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000
  • Received:2000-05-29 Revised:2000-08-25 Online:2002-05-15

Abstract: The effects of drought, CO2 concentration and temperature increasing on development period, photosynthesis rate (Pn), evapotranspiration (ET), and water use efficiency of spring wheat were investigated. The results showed that elevated CO2 concentration (550, 700μmol·mol-1 ) could lengthen heading ripening period, but high temperature (average diurnal temperature increase 4.8℃), which made heading ripening period shorten and speeded the seedling under treatment of both high CO2 concentration and high temperature, affected growing period more than high CO2 concentration. The combined effects of elevated CO2 concentration and temperature enhanced Pn, stomatal resistance (r), leaf water use efficiency (WUEl), and whole canopy water use efficiency (WUE), while transpiration rate (E) were not significantly affected. The effects on ETdepended on soil moisture. High CO2 concentration and high temperature enhanced ETunder high (75%~85% field water capacity)and middle(55%~65% field water capacity)soil moisture, but decrease ETunder low soil moisture (35%~45% field water capacity).

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