Carbon balance of citrus plantations in Eastern Spain
Global warming due to the continuous rise in CO2 emissions has been documented in the last few decades. This work is a first effort to estimate the net carbon incorporation in citrus plantations cultivated under typical land use. The approach involves a biomass-based study of carbon accumulation and...
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| author | Iglesias, Domingo J. Quinones, Ana Font, Antonio Martínez-Alcántara, Belén Forner-Giner, María A. Legaz, Francisco Primo-Millo, Eduardo |
| author_browse | Font, Antonio Forner-Giner, María A. Iglesias, Domingo J. Legaz, Francisco Martínez-Alcántara, Belén Primo-Millo, Eduardo Quinones, Ana |
| author_facet | Iglesias, Domingo J. Quinones, Ana Font, Antonio Martínez-Alcántara, Belén Forner-Giner, María A. Legaz, Francisco Primo-Millo, Eduardo |
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| description | Global warming due to the continuous rise in CO2 emissions has been documented in the last few decades. This work is a first effort to estimate the net carbon incorporation in citrus plantations cultivated under typical land use. The approach involves a biomass-based study of carbon accumulation and a complementary analysis of the associated CO2 fluxes. The total C content allocated to trees aged 2-14 years was determined through the direct and destructive harvesting of all tree organs. A stable pattern of biomass production in tree components was observed in plants 12 years old and older and was responsible for the sequestration of more than 50 kg C tree(-1). Annual C fixation in fruit and new vegetative flushes accounted for up to approximately 75% of the total amount sequestered per year, whereas the contribution of the old, permanent organs (branches', trunk, and tap-coarse roots) was minor (approximately 25%). Further experiments were conducted on adult 12-year-old trees to confirm the data and determine the particular contribution of CO2 fluxes from tree organs and soil to the final values. Data revealed that leaves were responsible for a total net C fixation of 15.4 Mg C ha(-1) yr(-1) (higher than 55% of the total C fixed). The complementary, regular monitoring of fruit respiration rates showed that fruit respiration played only a minor role, responsible for the emission of 2.3 Mg C ha(-1) yr(-1). Minimum losses were also found when soil respiration rates were investigated, accounting for a total annual C loss of 2.7 Mg C ha(-1) yr(-1). Taken together, these results indicate that our plantation was responsible for a net C fixation of close to 10 Mg C ha(-1) yr(-1). Assimilatory processes in leaves accounted for the highest proportion of C allocated to the tree, while losses due to leaf and fruit respiration were of minor importance. Under typical culture conditions (drip irrigation and absence of ground cover), soil respiration rates accounted for a low level of C loss to the atmosphere. Because citrus is the second largest fruit crop cultivated in the EU, such data are very relevant to the mitigation of climate change. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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| spelling | ReDivia53722025-04-25T14:42:12Z Carbon balance of citrus plantations in Eastern Spain Iglesias, Domingo J. Quinones, Ana Font, Antonio Martínez-Alcántara, Belén Forner-Giner, María A. Legaz, Francisco Primo-Millo, Eduardo Global warming due to the continuous rise in CO2 emissions has been documented in the last few decades. This work is a first effort to estimate the net carbon incorporation in citrus plantations cultivated under typical land use. The approach involves a biomass-based study of carbon accumulation and a complementary analysis of the associated CO2 fluxes. The total C content allocated to trees aged 2-14 years was determined through the direct and destructive harvesting of all tree organs. A stable pattern of biomass production in tree components was observed in plants 12 years old and older and was responsible for the sequestration of more than 50 kg C tree(-1). Annual C fixation in fruit and new vegetative flushes accounted for up to approximately 75% of the total amount sequestered per year, whereas the contribution of the old, permanent organs (branches', trunk, and tap-coarse roots) was minor (approximately 25%). Further experiments were conducted on adult 12-year-old trees to confirm the data and determine the particular contribution of CO2 fluxes from tree organs and soil to the final values. Data revealed that leaves were responsible for a total net C fixation of 15.4 Mg C ha(-1) yr(-1) (higher than 55% of the total C fixed). The complementary, regular monitoring of fruit respiration rates showed that fruit respiration played only a minor role, responsible for the emission of 2.3 Mg C ha(-1) yr(-1). Minimum losses were also found when soil respiration rates were investigated, accounting for a total annual C loss of 2.7 Mg C ha(-1) yr(-1). Taken together, these results indicate that our plantation was responsible for a net C fixation of close to 10 Mg C ha(-1) yr(-1). Assimilatory processes in leaves accounted for the highest proportion of C allocated to the tree, while losses due to leaf and fruit respiration were of minor importance. Under typical culture conditions (drip irrigation and absence of ground cover), soil respiration rates accounted for a low level of C loss to the atmosphere. Because citrus is the second largest fruit crop cultivated in the EU, such data are very relevant to the mitigation of climate change. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 2017-06-01T10:12:14Z 2017-06-01T10:12:14Z 2013 MAY 1 2013 article Iglesias, D.J., Quinones, A., Font, A., Martínez-Alcántara, B., Forner-Giner, M.A., Legaz, F., Primo-Millo, E. (2013). Carbon balance of citrus plantations in Eastern Spain. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, 171, 103-111. 0167-8809 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/5372 10.1016/j.agee.2013.03.015 en openAccess Impreso |
| spellingShingle | Iglesias, Domingo J. Quinones, Ana Font, Antonio Martínez-Alcántara, Belén Forner-Giner, María A. Legaz, Francisco Primo-Millo, Eduardo Carbon balance of citrus plantations in Eastern Spain |
| title | Carbon balance of citrus plantations in Eastern Spain |
| title_full | Carbon balance of citrus plantations in Eastern Spain |
| title_fullStr | Carbon balance of citrus plantations in Eastern Spain |
| title_full_unstemmed | Carbon balance of citrus plantations in Eastern Spain |
| title_short | Carbon balance of citrus plantations in Eastern Spain |
| title_sort | carbon balance of citrus plantations in eastern spain |
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