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Ozone pollution may limit the benefits of irrigation to wheat productivity in India
Gabriella Everett
Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
Øivind Hodnebrog
CICERO Center for International Climate Research – Oslo, 0318, Oslo, Norway
Madhoolika Agrawal
Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India
Durgesh Singh Yadav
Department of Botany, Government Raza P.G. College, Rampur, U.P. 244901, India
Connie O'Neill
Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
Chubamenla Jamir
Climate Studies and Knowledge Solutions Centre, Kohima, Nagaland, India
Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
Pritha Pande
Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
Sam Bland
Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
Lisa Emberson
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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The effects of ozone (O3) stress on crop photosynthesis and leaf senescence were added to maize, rice, soybean, and wheat crop models. The modified models reproduced growth and yields under different O3 levels measured in field experiments and reported in the literature. The combined interactions between O3 and additional stresses were reproduced with the new models. These updated crop models can be used to simulate impacts of O3 stress under future climate change and air pollution scenarios.
Olivia E. Clifton, Donna Schwede, Christian Hogrefe, Jesse O. Bash, Sam Bland, Philip Cheung, Mhairi Coyle, Lisa Emberson, Johannes Flemming, Erick Fredj, Stefano Galmarini, Laurens Ganzeveld, Orestis Gazetas, Ignacio Goded, Christopher D. Holmes, László Horváth, Vincent Huijnen, Qian Li, Paul A. Makar, Ivan Mammarella, Giovanni Manca, J. William Munger, Juan L. Pérez-Camanyo, Jonathan Pleim, Limei Ran, Roberto San Jose, Sam J. Silva, Ralf Staebler, Shihan Sun, Amos P. K. Tai, Eran Tas, Timo Vesala, Tamás Weidinger, Zhiyong Wu, and Leiming Zhang
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Stefanie Falk, Ane V. Vollsnes, Aud B. Eriksen, Lisa Emberson, Connie O'Neill, Frode Stordal, and Terje Koren Berntsen
Biogeosciences Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2021-260, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2021-260, 2021
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Subarctic vegetation is threatened by climate change and ozone. We assess essential climate variables in 2018/19. 2018 was warmer and brighter than usual in Spring with forest fires and elevated ozone in summer. Visible damage was observed on plant species in 2018. We find that generic parameterizations used in modeling ozone dose do not suffice. We propose a method to acclimate these parameterizations and find an ozone-induced biomass loss of 2.5 to 17.4 % (up to 6 % larger than default).
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Ground-level ozone (O3), heat, and water stress (WS) reduce wheat yields, threatening food security in India. O3, heat, and WS interact as stressed plants close stomata, limiting O3 entry and damage. This study models O3 uptake under rainfed (WS) and irrigated conditions for current and future climates. Results show little O3-related yield loss under WS but higher losses with irrigation. Both climate scenarios increase O3-related losses, highlighting risks to India’s wheat productivity.
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