Differentiation in phenology among and within natural populations of a South American Nothofagus revealed by a two-year evaluation in a common garden trial

Phenological traits are crucial for understanding adaptation to climate change due to their genetic control and association with abiotic factors. However, few data on phenology patterns are available for South American Nothofagus species, in particular for Nothofagus alpina, a key species of the tem...

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Main Authors: Duboscq Carra, Virginia Gisela, Arias Rios, Jorge Andrés, El Mujtar, Veronica Andrea, Marchelli, Paula, Pastorino, Mario Juan
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Published: Elsevier 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7033
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112719322601
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117858
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author Duboscq Carra, Virginia Gisela
Arias Rios, Jorge Andrés
El Mujtar, Veronica Andrea
Marchelli, Paula
Pastorino, Mario Juan
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Duboscq Carra, Virginia Gisela
El Mujtar, Veronica Andrea
Marchelli, Paula
Pastorino, Mario Juan
author_facet Duboscq Carra, Virginia Gisela
Arias Rios, Jorge Andrés
El Mujtar, Veronica Andrea
Marchelli, Paula
Pastorino, Mario Juan
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description Phenological traits are crucial for understanding adaptation to climate change due to their genetic control and association with abiotic factors. However, few data on phenology patterns are available for South American Nothofagus species, in particular for Nothofagus alpina, a key species of the temperate forests of Patagonia. Therefore, our aim was to analyze the variation among and within natural populations of N. alpina in two phenological traits (bud burst and foliar senescence), in growing season length and in relative growth height. We registered phenology in 65 open pollinated families of eight Argentinean natural populations installed in a common garden trial. Apical buds and foliar senescence were observed every three days in 6-year-old plants and again three years later in the same plants (N = 373). Day of the year until bud burst (DOY) and until the beginning (DOY10) and the end (DOY90) of foliar senescence were measured. Height was measured twice in a year in order to calculate the annual growth in both seasons. Growing degree days (GDD) and chilling hours (CH) until bud burst were also calculated, with two possible basal temperatures (5 °C and 7 °C) to evaluate their role in DOY. Significant differences among populations and years in DOY and growing season length were found using a linear mixed model (LMM), with the family factor explaining around 30% and 12% of the total variance respectively. The LMM for foliar senescence (DOY10 and DOY90) and the relative growth height (RGH) showed significant differences between years but not among populations. The family factor was significant for foliar senescence, although it only explained a small part of the total variance (DOY10: 4%; DOY90: 2%) and was not significant for relative growth height. A tight relationship between GDD and CH with DOY was found, and LMM showed significant differences among populations and years for both variables. The correlation between the altitude of natural populations and the mean DOY and GDD was high and positive. Our results reveal (i) the genetic control of bud burst and foliar senescence, and phenotypic plasticity of all analyzed traits, (ii) that GDD and CH are implicated in the DOY, and (iii) that altitude is probably conditioning thermal requirement of bud burst. This information suggests good perspectives to face the climate change scenario and highlight the importance of selecting appropriate populations and families for domestication and breeding of N. alpina at particular sites.
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spelling INTA70332023-02-22T13:22:00Z Differentiation in phenology among and within natural populations of a South American Nothofagus revealed by a two-year evaluation in a common garden trial Duboscq Carra, Virginia Gisela Arias Rios, Jorge Andrés El Mujtar, Veronica Andrea Marchelli, Paula Pastorino, Mario Juan Fenología Nothofagus Bosques Domesticación Cambio Climático Genética Phenology Forests Domestication Climate Change Genetics Nothofagus Alpina Genética Forestal Phenological traits are crucial for understanding adaptation to climate change due to their genetic control and association with abiotic factors. However, few data on phenology patterns are available for South American Nothofagus species, in particular for Nothofagus alpina, a key species of the temperate forests of Patagonia. Therefore, our aim was to analyze the variation among and within natural populations of N. alpina in two phenological traits (bud burst and foliar senescence), in growing season length and in relative growth height. We registered phenology in 65 open pollinated families of eight Argentinean natural populations installed in a common garden trial. Apical buds and foliar senescence were observed every three days in 6-year-old plants and again three years later in the same plants (N = 373). Day of the year until bud burst (DOY) and until the beginning (DOY10) and the end (DOY90) of foliar senescence were measured. Height was measured twice in a year in order to calculate the annual growth in both seasons. Growing degree days (GDD) and chilling hours (CH) until bud burst were also calculated, with two possible basal temperatures (5 °C and 7 °C) to evaluate their role in DOY. Significant differences among populations and years in DOY and growing season length were found using a linear mixed model (LMM), with the family factor explaining around 30% and 12% of the total variance respectively. The LMM for foliar senescence (DOY10 and DOY90) and the relative growth height (RGH) showed significant differences between years but not among populations. The family factor was significant for foliar senescence, although it only explained a small part of the total variance (DOY10: 4%; DOY90: 2%) and was not significant for relative growth height. A tight relationship between GDD and CH with DOY was found, and LMM showed significant differences among populations and years for both variables. The correlation between the altitude of natural populations and the mean DOY and GDD was high and positive. Our results reveal (i) the genetic control of bud burst and foliar senescence, and phenotypic plasticity of all analyzed traits, (ii) that GDD and CH are implicated in the DOY, and (iii) that altitude is probably conditioning thermal requirement of bud burst. This information suggests good perspectives to face the climate change scenario and highlight the importance of selecting appropriate populations and families for domestication and breeding of N. alpina at particular sites. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche Fil: Duboscq Carra, Virginia Gisela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Genética Forestal. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Arias Rios, Jorge Andrés. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Genética Forestal. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: El Mujtar, Veronica Andrea. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Genética Forestal. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Marchelli, Paula. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Genética Forestal. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Pastorino, Mario Juan. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Bariloche. Grupo de Genética Forestal. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas. Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche; Argentina 2020-04-03T12:21:28Z 2020-04-03T12:21:28Z 2020-03-15 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7033 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112719322601 0378-1127 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117858 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Elsevier Forest Ecology and Management 460 : 117858 (March 2020)
spellingShingle Fenología
Nothofagus
Bosques
Domesticación
Cambio Climático
Genética
Phenology
Forests
Domestication
Climate Change
Genetics
Nothofagus Alpina
Genética Forestal
Duboscq Carra, Virginia Gisela
Arias Rios, Jorge Andrés
El Mujtar, Veronica Andrea
Marchelli, Paula
Pastorino, Mario Juan
Differentiation in phenology among and within natural populations of a South American Nothofagus revealed by a two-year evaluation in a common garden trial
title Differentiation in phenology among and within natural populations of a South American Nothofagus revealed by a two-year evaluation in a common garden trial
title_full Differentiation in phenology among and within natural populations of a South American Nothofagus revealed by a two-year evaluation in a common garden trial
title_fullStr Differentiation in phenology among and within natural populations of a South American Nothofagus revealed by a two-year evaluation in a common garden trial
title_full_unstemmed Differentiation in phenology among and within natural populations of a South American Nothofagus revealed by a two-year evaluation in a common garden trial
title_short Differentiation in phenology among and within natural populations of a South American Nothofagus revealed by a two-year evaluation in a common garden trial
title_sort differentiation in phenology among and within natural populations of a south american nothofagus revealed by a two year evaluation in a common garden trial
topic Fenología
Nothofagus
Bosques
Domesticación
Cambio Climático
Genética
Phenology
Forests
Domestication
Climate Change
Genetics
Nothofagus Alpina
Genética Forestal
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7033
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378112719322601
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117858
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