1. Effect of senescence on biogenic volatile organic compound fluxes in wheat plants
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Christophe Boissard, Benjamin Loubet, Lais Gonzaga Gomez, Jean-Christophe Gueudet, Raluca Ciuraru, Florence Lafouge, François Truong, Julien Kammer, Valérie Gros, Sandy Bsaibes, Brigitte Durand, Céline Decuq, Olivier Fanucci, Olivier Zurfluh, Pauline Buysse, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] (LSCE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Chimie Atmosphérique Expérimentale (CAE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Ecologie fonctionnelle et écotoxicologie des agroécosystèmes (ECOSYS), AgroParisTech-Université Paris-Saclay-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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0106 biological sciences ,BVOC ,Atmospheric Science ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Eddy covariance ,Development stage ,Crop ,01 natural sciences ,Reaction rate ,Atmosphere ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Flux (metallurgy) ,PTR-Qi-Tof-MS ,Volatile organic compound ,[SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces, environment ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,General Environmental Science ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,[SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean, Atmosphere ,Dynamic chamber ,Acetaldehyde ,food and beverages ,15. Life on land ,chemistry ,Environmental chemistry ,Mass spectrum ,Composition (visual arts) ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
International audience; Exchanges of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOC) between plants and the atmosphere are likely to vary, in amount and composition, between different plant species but also for a single plant during its development. However, the effect of plant development stages, including senescence, on BVOC exchanges remains poorly investigated, especially in the case of crop plants. We investigated the BVOC exchange patterns for wheat plants, the most grown crop species worldwide, during seed maturation, senescence and after harvest. Fluxes were measured online, in situ, at the plant scale by combining automated chambers and a Proton Transfer - Reaction Quadrupole ion guide - Time of Flight - Mass Spectrometer (PTR-Qi-Tof-MS). The high resolution and sensitivity of this method enabled the measurement of a large mass spectrum of compounds emitted at very small amounts, allowing a precise characterization of BVOC exchanges. We found that the overall BVOC emissions increased twofold during the senescence stage compared to the maturation stage. Methanol was found to be the most emitted compound (49-60% of the overall flux on a molar basis) followed by acetone (7.5-8.2% of the overall flux on a molar basis) during each developmental stage investigated. Acetaldehyde was another major emitted compound contributing mainly during late senescence to the overall flux (9.7%). When normalized for temperature and light conditions, most BVOC emissions increased during senescence, showing a clear effect of senescence on BVOC exchanges. Chamber emissions were comparable to whole ecosystem fluxes measured at the same site by eddy covariance the previous year. The OH reactivity of the emitted compounds was evaluated based on known reaction rate constants and was the largest during the first senescence stage, peaking at 12 s(-1) in the chambers. The results of this study show the need for considering plant phenology when computing BVOC emissions from crops.
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- 2021