城市植物挥发性有机化合物排放与臭氧相互作用及其机制

近地面臭氧(O₃)已成为继PM_2.5后影响我国空气质量的一种重要二次污染物。随着氮氧化物浓度的持续下降和气候变暖的加剧,城市O₃的形成对挥发性有机化合物的浓度更加敏感。近年来城市绿色空间显著增长,植物源挥发性有机化合物(BVOCs)排放和浓度逐年增加。针对BVOCs与近地面O₃之间复杂的交互作用,从植物BVOCs的特性与作用出发,综述了不同因素尤其是O₃浓度增加对树木生理状态及BVOCs排放速率的影响,定量分析了已有研究中O₃对不同植物异戊二烯和单萜烯排放速率的影响,以及BVOCs对O₃形成的贡献,总结了BVOCs与O₃相互作用研究领域存在的不足。未来亟需加强的研究包括：(1)城市树种BVOCs排放因子的实测,建立物种的排放速率数据库,优化模型参数,提升精细尺度BVOCs排放量估算模型精度;(2)多种环境因子,比如污染物浓度、温湿度等对城市植物BVOCs排放的交互作用和综合影响的研究;(3)植物BVOCs对O     

陆地生态系统植物挥发性有机化合物的排放及其生态学功能研究进展

综述了国内外生物源挥发性有机化合物 (Biologicalvolatileorganiccompounds, BVOCs) 研究现状及未来的研究方向, 侧重介绍了陆地生态系统中植物排放BVOCs的种类、生物学功能及其对大气化学过程的影响。BVOCs按其化学结构以及在大气中的滞留时间可以分为 4类 :异戊二烯、单萜、其它活性BVOCs和其它次活性BVOCs。不同的植物类群排放不同的BVOCs种类并具有不同的排放特性, 环境条件对植物不同BVOCs的排放影响也不同。BVOCs作为有机物质被排放到体外, 从植物能量代谢的角度来讲要消耗一部分植物光合作用产物从而降低植物的生产力, 因此推测植物排放BVOCs具有一定的生理学或者生态学的功能。其中比较成熟的假说是抗热胁迫假说, 其次是抗氧化假说, 也有一些其它假说例如促氮同化假说等。但这些假说都还缺乏直接的有力证据, 有待更多的研究来支持。BVOCs被排放到大气中对大气化学过程的影响更是科学家关注的问题, BVOCs对大气的影响一方面是在大气对流层中促进臭氧 (O3 ) 的形成, 造成环境污染, 另一方面BVOCs通过对大气中的OH自由基和臭氧等氧化物浓度的调整而影响到大气中甲烷等温室气体的平衡, 对大气温室效应具有间接的贡献。我国在BVOCs的研究上也做了大量的工作, 包括分析鉴定了一些植物排放的BVOCs, 探讨了环境因子对植物BVOCs排放速率的影响, 从不同尺度估测了BVOCs的排放量等等。今后对BVOCs的研究将会集中在以下几个方面 :1) 进一步研究不同植物类群释放的BVOCs种类及其它们在大气中的理化性质 ;2 ) 继续探讨植物排放BVOCs的合成与代谢途径及其生物学功能 ;3) 研究BVOCs对大气化学过程的作用, 以及区域植被变化对BVOCs排放格局进而对区域乃至全球环境变化的影响 ;4 ) 加强对一些研究比较薄弱的生态系统例如在热带地区所进行的BVOCs研究工作 ;5 ) 进一步建立和完善BVOCs排放的理论模型, 以模拟不同陆地生态系统BVOCs排放的时空动态。     

28种园林植物对大气CO2浓度增加的生理生态反应

通过对28种园林植物在不同CO2浓度水平下的气体交换参数的观测,分析了净光合速率、气孔导度、蒸腾速率和水分利用效率等生理生态指标的变化趋势与规律.结果表明,所测植物净光合速率和水分利用效率随CO2浓度升高而线性增加,但不同植物种类对高CO2浓度的反应存在较大差异.气孔导度和蒸腾速率与CO2浓度呈线性负相关关系.当CO2浓度倍增(350～700 μmol·mol-1)时,28种园林植物净光合速率平均提高31.2%,气孔导度降低16.5%,蒸腾速率下降11.7%,而水分利用效率则提高了49.2%.不同光合途径的植物净光合速率和水分利用效率受CO2浓度增加的影响程度为C3植物较大,C4植物较小, CAM植物介于两者之间.对不同生活型植物而言,影响程度则为草本C3植物较大,乔木C3植物较小,灌木C3植物居于两者之间.     

几种海南岛热带雨林优势种植物挥发性有机物排放对模拟氮沉降的短期响应

BVOCs(Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds)是植物向大气释放的一类重要气态化合物，能参与大气化学过程和陆地生态系统碳素循环。分析环境因子对BVOCs排放的影响，对科学认识未来气候变化具有重要意义。氮素作为植物生长、发育所需的大量营养元素之一，其沉降增加是当前全球气候变化的主要驱动因素之一，但学者对BVOCs如何应对氮沉降增加知之甚少。因此以海南岛热带雨林树种：木荷(Schima superba)、厚壳桂(Cryptocarya chinensis)和线枝蒲桃(Syzygium araiocladum)为研究对象，通过温室盆栽实验模拟氮沉降对3个树种BVOCs释放的短期效应。主要结论如下：(1)自然状态下，从木荷、厚壳桂和线枝蒲桃的枝叶中鉴定出14、34和24种挥发性有机化合物，包括异戊二烯、单萜烯、倍半萜烯和其他挥发性有机化合物(烷烃、羰基、醛、醇、酯、醚和酸),此外三个阔叶树种释放BVOCs的速率呈厚壳桂>木荷>线枝蒲桃；(2)外源施氮均促进了三种植物幼苗VOCs释放，其中总VOCs释放速率和成分数量均随施氮浓度的升高而增加，且叶面...     

油菜叶片气体交换对O３浓度和熏蒸方式的响应

运用CIRAS-1型便携式光合作用测定系统,在田间原位比较研究了不同O3浓度(CF,50 nl.L-1和100 nl.L-1)和熏蒸方式(恒定和动态)油菜叶片的气体交换特征及其对光强、CO2浓度升高的响应。结果表明(1)恒定熏气下,O3浓度增加导致叶片的蒸腾速率降低,水分利用效率提高,但动态熏蒸则引起蒸腾速率增加,水分利用效率下降,而且明显导致光合速率和气孔导度的降低;(2)高浓度的O3(100 nl.L-1)引起叶片的表观量子产额、暗呼吸饱和光强和最大净光合速率显著降低,光呼吸和CO2补偿点显著升高;熏蒸方式对叶片的暗呼吸、光补偿点、饱和光强、最大光合速率、羧化效率的影响差异显著;(3)不论何种熏蒸方式,高浓度的O3都引起下叶位的Fv/Fo、Fv/Fm显著降低,对上叶位没有影响。相同剂量下,动态熏蒸对叶片气体交换的影响更大,不利于植物生长和干物质的积累。     

棉花对大气CO2浓度升高的响应及其对棉蚜种群发生的作用

通过模拟试验研究了棉花对大气 CO2 浓度升高 (70 5 .0 μl/ L 和 10 32 .3μl/ L vs.387.4 μl/ L)的响应及其对棉蚜 (Aphisgossypii Glover)种群发生的作用机制。结果表明 :(1) CO2 浓度升高可以促进棉花的生长 ,显著提高棉花的株高和生物产量 ;(2 )CO2 浓度增加对棉花的光合作用十分有利 ,单株叶面积显著增加 ,同时 ,叶绿素含量也显著增加 ;(3)高的 CO2 浓度可明显影响棉花组织的营养成分和次生代谢物质的含量 ,游离脂肪酸和游离氨基酸显著增加 ,可溶性蛋白含量显著降低 ,此外 ,大气 CO2增加下棉花组织内棉酚和单宁含量也显著增加了 ;(4 )棉蚜的发育历期与棉花组织的游离脂肪酸、游离氨基酸、可溶性蛋白、和棉酚的含量呈显著负相关 ;而棉蚜的繁殖力与组织含水量呈显著负相关 ,与游离脂肪酸、游离氨基酸和棉酚的含量呈显著正相关。大气 CO2 浓度升高主要是通过影响棉花的营养组成和次生代谢物质含量 ,而间接作用于棉蚜 ;未来 ,随着大气 CO2 浓度增加 ,棉花组织营养物质的变化对棉蚜种群的发生和危害有加重的趋势     

北京山区辽东栎林中几种木本植物光合作用对CO2浓度升高的响应

 为揭示我国暖温带地区辽东栎群落若干优势植物光合作用随CO2浓度升高而变化的特点,用自行设计的同化室装置对自然生长状态下的辽东栎(Quercus liaotungensis KOidz．)、大叶白蜡(Fraxinus mandshurica Rupr．)、蒙椴(Tilia mongolica Maxim．)、五角枫(Acer mono Maxim．),以及优势灌木六道木(Abelia biflora Turcz．)、毛榛(Corylus mandshurica Maxim．)等6种木本植物进行升高CO2浓度处理,测定了这几种植物净光合速率的变化。加倍CO2浓度对6种植物的光合作用有不同程度的促进作用,净光合速率增加的程度从37％到93％不等,以辽东栎受到的促进作用最大,六道木最小,平均增加75％。净光合作用随CO2浓度升高而增加的程度中乔木种类略高于灌木种类。在夏季和秋季进行的日动态测定都表现出加倍CO2浓度对6种木本植物净光合速率的明显的促进作用。     

木本植物对CO_2浓度和温度升高的相互作用的响应

CO2 浓度和温度是影响木本植物生长和发育的两个关键因子 ,二者在全球变化中的相互作用对木本植物生长和发育具有显著的影响。大多数研究表明 :CO2 浓度增加和温度升高的相互作用可能影响木本植物的生长发育 ,促进光合作用 ;呼吸作用对CO2 浓度增加和温度升高的相互作用存在长期和短期响应差异 ;二者的相互作用促进生物量增加和生产力的增长。木本植物对CO2 浓度和温度升高的相互作用的响应程度因植物种类而异。     

木本植物对CO2浓度和温度升高的相互作用的响应

CO2浓度和温度是影响木本植物生长和发育的两个关键因子,二者在全球变化中的相互作用对木本植物生长和发育具有显著的影响。大多数研究表明：CO2浓度增加和温度升高的相互作用可能影响木本植物的生长发育,促进光合作用;呼吸作用对CO2浓度增加和温度升高的相互作用存在长期和短期响应差异;二者的相互作用促进生物量增加和生产力的增长。木本植物对CO2浓度和温度升高的相互作用的响应程度因植物种类而异。     

大气CO_2增加对不同生长光强下龙须菜光合生理特性的影响

为了探讨未来大气CO2升高对不同生长光强下大型海藻的影响,选取经济红藻龙须菜为实验材料,研究了其生长速率、光合作用、呼吸作用、叶绿素荧光参数以及光合色素对CO2和光强的响应。实验设置两个CO2浓度,正常空气水平CO2浓度(390μL/L)和高CO2浓度(1000μL/L);两个光强梯度,高光(300μmol m-2s-1)和低光(100μmol m-2s-1)。结果表明,CO2和光强对龙须菜的生长和光合作用有明显的交互作用。大气CO2升高并没有显著影响龙须菜的生长速率,但在不同CO2处理下,龙须菜对光强的响应不同。在空气水平下,光强的变化对其生长速率影响不显著。而在高CO2作用下,高光处理下的藻体有更高的生长速率。CO2显著促进高光生长下龙须菜的呼吸作用速率,但是在低光下作用不明显。而对于光合作用速率来说,低光培养下的藻体CO2表现为负面效应,但对高光下生长的藻体作用不明显。CO2增加没有改变龙须菜生长状态下的电子传递速率,但在高光下,CO2表现为一定的抑制作用。CO2显著降低了龙须菜天线色素藻红蛋白和叶绿素a的含量。这些CO2与光强的结合效应表明,大气CO2的升高对龙须菜光合生理特性的影响随着光强的变化而呈现不同的效应,在未来评估CO2的增加对大型海藻的影响时,要充分考虑其他环境因子的耦合效应。     

Emission of Plutella xylostella-induced compounds from cabbages grown at elevated CO2 and orientation behavior of the natural enemies

Several plant species defend themselves indirectly from herbivores by producing herbivore-induced volatile compounds that attract the natural enemies of herbivores. Here we tested the effects of elevated atmospheric CO(2) (720 micromol mol(-1)) concentration on this indirect defense, physiological properties, and constitutive and induced emissions of white cabbage (Brassica oleracea ssp. capitata, cvs Lennox and Rinda). We monitored the orientation behavior of the generalist predator Podisus maculiventris (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) and the specialist parasitoid Cotesia plutellae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to plants damaged by Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) in the Y-tube olfactometer. Elevated CO(2) levels did not affect stomatal densities but reduced specific leaf area and increased leaf thickness in cv Lennox. In addition to enhanced constitutive monoterpene emission, P. xylostella-damaged cabbages emitted homoterpene (E)-4,8-dimethyl-1,3,7-nonatriene, sesquiterpene (E,E)-alpha-farnesene, and (Z)-3-hexenyl acetate. Growth at elevated CO(2) had no significant effect on the emissions expressed per leaf area, while minor reduction in the emission of homoterpene (E)-4,8-dimethyl-1,3,7-nonatriene and (E,E)-alpha-farnesene was observed at elevated CO(2) in one of two experiments. The generalist predator P. maculiventris discriminated only between the odors of intact and P. xylostella-damaged cv Rinda plants grown at ambient CO(2) concentration, preferring the odor of the damaged plants. The specialist parasitoid C. plutellae preferred the odor of damaged plants of both cultivars grown at ambient CO(2) but did not detect damaged cv Lennox plants grown at elevated CO(2). The results suggest that elevated atmospheric CO(2) concentration could weaken the plant response induced by insect herbivore feeding and thereby lead to a disturbance of signaling to the third trophic level.     

BVOCs: plant defense against climate warming?

Plants emit a substantial amount of biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) into the atmosphere. These BVOCs represent a large carbon loss and can be up to approximately 10% of that fixed by photosynthesis under stressful conditions and up to 100gCm(-2) per year in some tropical ecosystems. Among a variety of proven and unproven BVOC functions in plants and roles in atmospheric processes, recent data intriguingly link emission of these compounds to climate. Ongoing research demonstrates that BVOCs could protect plants against high temperatures. BVOC emissions are probably increasing with warming and with other factors associated to global change, including changes in land cover. These increases in BVOC emissions could contribute in a significant way (via negative and positive feedback) to the complex processes associated with global warming.     

Impacts of herbaceous bioenergy crops on atmospheric volatile organic composition and potential consequences for global climate change

The introduction of new crops to agroecosystems can change the chemical composition of the atmosphere by altering the amount and type of plant‐derived biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs). BVOCs are produced by plants to aid in defense, pollination, and communication. Once released into the atmosphere, they have the ability to influence its chemical and physical properties. In this study, we compared BVOC emissions from three potential bioenergy crops and estimated their theoretical impacts on bioenergy agroecosystems. The crops chosen were miscanthus (Miscanthus × giganteus), switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), and an assemblage of prairie species (mix of ~28 species). The concentration of BVOCs was different within and above plant canopies. All crops produced higher levels of emissions at the upper canopy level. Miscanthus produced lower amounts of volatiles compared with other grasses. The chemical composition of volatiles differed significantly among plant communities. BVOCs from miscanthus were depleted in terpenoids relative to the other vegetation types. The carbon flux via BVOC emissions, calculated using the flux‐gradient method, was significantly higher in the prairie assemblage compared with miscanthus and switchgrass. The BVOC carbon flux was approximately three orders of magnitude lower than the net fluxes of carbon measured over the same fields using eddy covariance systems. Extrapolation of our findings to the landscape scale leads us to suggest that the widespread adoption of bioenergy crops could potentially alter the composition of BVOCs in the atmosphere, thereby influencing its warming potential, the formation of atmospheric particulates, and interactions between plants and arthropods. Our data and projections indicate that, among at least these three potential options for bioenergy production, miscanthus is likely to have lower impacts on atmospheric chemistry and biotic interactions mediated by these volatiles when miscanthus is planted on the landscape scale.     

Elevated CO2, rhizosphere processes,and soil organic matter decomposition

The rhizosphere is one of the key fine-scale components of C cycles. This study was undertaken to improve understanding of the potential effects of atmospheric CO2 increase on rhizosphere processes. Using C isotope techniques, we found that elevated atmospheric CO2 significantly increased wheat plant growth, dry mass accumulation, rhizosphere respiration, and soluble C concentrations in the rhizosphere. When plants were grown under elevated CO2 concentration, soluble C concentration in the rhizosphere increased by approximately 60%. The degree of elevated CO2 enhancement on rhizosphere respiration was much higher than on root biomass. Averaged between the two nitrogen treatments and compared with the ambient CO2 treatment, wheat rhizosphere respiration rate increased 60% and root biomass only increased 26% under the elevated CO2 treatment. These results indicated that elevated atmospheric CO2 in a wheat-soil system significantly increased substrate input to the rhizosphere due to both increased root growth and increased root activities per unit of roots. Nitrogen treatments changed the effect of elevated CO2 on soil organic matter decomposition. Elevated CO2 increased soil organic matter decomposition (22%) in the nitrogen-added treatment but decreased soil organic matter decomposition (18%) without nitrogen addition. Soil nitrogen status was therefore found to be important in determining the directions of the effect of elevated CO2 on soil organic matter decomposition.     

The shift in plant species composition in a subarctic mountain birch forest floor due to climate change would modify the biogenic volatile organic compound emission profile

Background and aims

Mountain birch forests dominate in the Subarctic but little is known of their non-methane biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions. The dwarf shrubs Empetrum hermaphroditum, Vaccinium myrtillus and Vaccinium uliginosum co-dominate in the forest floors of these forests. The abundance of these three dwarf shrubs relative to each other could be affected by climate warming expected to increase nutrient availability by accelerating litter decomposition and nutrient mineralization. We 1) compared the BVOC emission profiles of vegetation covers dominated by E. hermaphroditum and V. myrtillus plus V. uliginosum in a subarctic mountain birch forest floor, 2) distinguished the BVOCs emitted from plants and soil and 3) measured how the BVOC emissions from the different vegetation covers differed under darkness.

Methods

BVOCs were sampled during two growing seasons using a conventional ecosystem chamber-based method, collected on adsorbent and analyzed with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry.

Results

High abundance of E. hermaphroditum increased the sesquiterpene emissions. Soil released fewer different BVOCs than controls (i.e. natural vegetation) but the total emission rates were similar. Darkness did not affect the emissions. Carbon emitted as BVOCs was less than 0.2% of the CO₂ exchange.

Conclusions

Our results suggest that sesquiterpene emissions from subarctic mountain birch forest floors would be reduced following an increased abundance of V. myrtillus and V. uliginosum with climate change because these species respond rapidly to increased nutrient availability.     

Effect of Elevated Carbon Dioxide Concentration on Photosynthesis of Seedlings of Two Woody Species in a Subtropical Forest

Photosynthetic response of seedlings of two evergreen trees dorminant in a subtropical forest to long-term elevated CO2 were studied. Pot seedlings of Castanopsis fissa (Champ.) Rehd. et Wils. and Schima superba Gardn. et Champ. were grown in semi-open chambers with ambient (350 μL · L-1) CO2 concentration under natural light from June to September, 1993. Net photosynthetic rate of the plants exposed to elevated CO2 increased by 79%～95% than that of the plants in ambient CO2 atmosphere. But no significant difference was observed when measurement was done at either CO2 concentration, 350 μL · L-1 or 500 μL · L-1 The Ph-CO2 concen/ration response curves of plants growing in elevated CO2 were higher than that of plants growing in ambient (350μL · L-1 CO2). In addition, the chlorophyll and carotenoid contents dropped slightly and stomatal conductance decreased obviously under elevated atmospheric CO2, while the ratios of chlorophyll a to b and carotenoid to chlorophyll were unaltered. The results indicated that downward acclimation of phetosynthesis did not appear in both plant species when they were grown under prolonged exposure to high (500 μL · L-1) atmospheric CO2.     

Responses of Antioxidative Systems to Drought Stress in Pendunculate Oak and Maritime Pine as Modulated by Elevated CO2

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of an enhanced CO2 concentration alone or in combination with drought stress on antioxidative systems of a deciduous (oak; Quercus robur) and an evergreen (pine; Pinus pinaster) tree species. The seedlings were grown for one season in a greenhouse in tunnels supplied with 350 or 700 [mu]L L-1 CO2. The experiment was repeated in a second year. Antioxidants, protective enzymes, soluble protein, and pigments showed considerable fluctuations in different years. Elevated CO2 caused significant reductions in the activities of superoxide dismutases in both oak and pine. The activities of ascorbate peroxidase and catalase were also reduced in most cases. The activities of dehydroascorbate reductase, monodehydroascorbate radical reductase, glutathione reductase, and guaiacol peroxidase were affected little or not at all by elevated CO2. When the trees were subjected to drought stress by withholding water, the activities of antioxidative enzymes decreased in leaves of pine and oak grown at ambient CO2 and increased in plants grown at elevated CO2 concentrations. The present results suggest that growth in elevated CO2 might reduce oxidative stress to which leaf tissues are normally exposed and enhance metabolic flexibility to encounter increased stress by increases in antioxidative capacity.     

Time to chill: effects of simulated global change on leaf ice nucleation temperatures of subarctic vegetation

We investigated the effects of long-term (7-yr) in situ CO(2) enrichment (600 μmol/mol) and increased exposure to UV-B radiation, the latter an important component of global change at high latitudes, on the ice nucleation temperatures of leaves of several evergreen and deciduous woody ericaceous shrubs in the subarctic (68° N). Three (Vaccinium uliginosum, V. vitis-idaea, and Empetrum hermaphroditum) of the four species of shrubs studied showed significantly higher ice nucleation temperatures throughout the 1999 growing season in response to CO(2) enrichment and increased exposure to UV-B radiation relative to the controls. The same species also showed a strong interactive effect when both treatments were applied together. In all cases, leaves cooled to below their ice nucleation temperatures failed to survive the damage resulting from intracellular ice formation. Our results strongly suggest that future global change on a decadal time scale (atmospheric CO(2) increases and polar stratospheric O(3) destruction) will lead to increased foliage damage of subarctic vegetation by severe late spring or early autumnal frosting events. Indeed, in support of our experimental findings, there is now some evidence that increases in atmospheric CO(2) concentration over the past three to four decades may already have acted in this manner on high-elevation arboreal plants in the Swedish Scandes. The implications for vegetation modeling in a future "greenhouse" world and palaeoclimate estimates from high-latitude plant fossils dating to the high-CO(2) environment of the Mesozoic are discussed.