Chronic ozone exposure affects nitrogen remobilization in wheat at key growth stages

Brewster, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9887-2733; Fenner, Nathalie; Hayes, Felicity ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1037-5725. 2024 Chronic ozone exposure affects nitrogen remobilization in wheat at key growth stages. Science of The Total Environment, 908, 168288. 13, pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168288

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168288

Abstract/Summary

The interaction between nitrogen storage and translocation, senescence, and late phase photosynthesis is critical to the post-anthesis grain fill period in wheat, but ozone's effect on nitrogen dynamics within the wheat plant is not well understood. This study used solardomes to expose a widely grown elite spring wheat cultivar, cv. Skyfall, to four levels of ozone (30 ppb, 45 ppb, 70 ppb, 85 ppb) for 11 weeks, with two levels of nitrogen fertilization, 140 kg ha−1 and 160 kg ha−1, the higher rate including an additional 20 kg N ha−1 at anthesis. Chronic ozone exposure triggered earlier senescence in the 4th, 3rd and 2nd leaves but not the flag leaf, with a similar pattern of reduced chlorophyll content in the lower, older leaf cohorts, which started before senescence became visible. At anthesis there was no evidence of any effect of ozone on nitrogen storage in upper plant parts. However, high ozone increased levels of residual nitrogen found within plant parts at harvest, with concomitant reductions in C:N ratios and Nitrogen Remobilization Efficiency. Extra nitrogen fertilization applied at anthesis appeared to ameliorate the effect of ozone on nitrogen content and nitrogen translocation. The application of 15N ammonium nitrate at anthesis confirmed that the majority of post-anthesis nitrogen uptake had been translocated to the ear/grain by harvest, with no effect of ozone on the translocation of nitrogen around the plant. These data can inform future modelling of ozone's effect on nitrogen dynamics and global wheat yields.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168288
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Soils and Land Use (Science Area 2017-)
ISSN:	0048-9697
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.
Additional Keywords:	abiotic stress, chlorophyll, senescence, nitrogen translocation, nitrogen fertilization, wheat yields
NORA Subject Terms:	Agriculture and Soil Science Atmospheric Sciences
Date made live:	01 Dec 2023 14:46 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/536378

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168288

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Soils and Land Use (Science Area 2017-)

ISSN:

0048-9697

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Open Access paper - full text available via Official URL link.

Additional Keywords:

abiotic stress, chlorophyll, senescence, nitrogen translocation, nitrogen fertilization, wheat yields