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@ARTICLE{Gbel:863326,
author = {Göbel, Leonie and Coners, Heinz and Hertel, Dietrich and
Willinghöfer, Sandra and Leuschner, Christoph},
title = {{T}he {R}ole of {L}ow {S}oil {T}emperature for
{P}hotosynthesis and {S}tomatal {C}onductance of {T}hree
{G}raminoids {F}rom {D}ifferent {E}levations},
journal = {Frontiers in Functional Plant Ecology},
volume = {10},
issn = {1664-462X},
address = {Lausanne},
publisher = {Frontiers Media88991},
reportid = {FZJ-2019-03406},
pages = {330},
year = {2019},
abstract = {In high-elevation grasslands, plants can encounter periods
with high air temperature while the soil remains cold, which
may lead to a temporary mismatch in the physiological
activity of leaves and roots. In a climate chamber
experiment with graminoid species from three elevations
(4400, 2400, and 250 m a.s.l.), we tested the hypothesis
that soil temperature can influence photosynthesis and
stomatal conductance independently of air temperature. Soil
monoliths with swards of Kobresia pygmaea (high alpine),
Nardus stricta (lower alpine), and Deschampsia flexuosa
(upper lowland) were exposed to soil temperatures of 25, 15,
5, and -2∘C and air temperatures of 20 and 10∘C for
examining the effect of independent soil and air temperature
variation on photosynthesis, leaf dark respiration, and
stomatal conductance and transpiration. Soil frost (-2∘C)
had a strong negative effect on gas exchange and stomatal
conductance in all three species, independent of the
elevation of origin. Leaf dark respiration was stimulated by
soil frost in D. flexuosa, but not in K. pygmaea, which also
had a lower temperature optimum of photosynthesis. Soil
cooling from 15 to 5∘C did not significantly reduce
stomatal conductance and gas exchange in any of the species.
We conclude that all three graminoids are able to maintain a
relatively high root water uptake in cold, non-frozen soil,
but the high-alpine K. pygmaea seems to be especially well
adapted to warm shoot – cold root episodes, as it has a
higher photosynthetic activity at 10 than 20∘C air
temperature and does not up-regulate leaf dark respiration
upon soil freezing, as was observed in the grasses from
warmer climates.},
ddc = {570},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.3389/fpls.2019.00330},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/863326},
}