Daily patterns of plant water relations, gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence in young avocado trees grown under shading conditions

Avocado trees are native to humid tropical and sub-tropical regions. However, when they are cultivated in regions with a typical Mediterranean climate, especially during summer, are exposed to high temperatures, low relative humidity, and high solar radiation, which can seriously affect plant water...

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Autores principales: Tasa, María, Cámara-Campos, Eloy, Badal, Eduardo, Bonet, Luis, Martínez-Gimeno, María A., Pérez-Pérez, Juan G.
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8862
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author Tasa, María
Cámara-Campos, Eloy
Badal, Eduardo
Bonet, Luis
Martínez-Gimeno, María A.
Pérez-Pérez, Juan G.
author_browse Badal, Eduardo
Bonet, Luis
Cámara-Campos, Eloy
Martínez-Gimeno, María A.
Pérez-Pérez, Juan G.
Tasa, María
author_facet Tasa, María
Cámara-Campos, Eloy
Badal, Eduardo
Bonet, Luis
Martínez-Gimeno, María A.
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description Avocado trees are native to humid tropical and sub-tropical regions. However, when they are cultivated in regions with a typical Mediterranean climate, especially during summer, are exposed to high temperatures, low relative humidity, and high solar radiation, which can seriously affect plant water status and several physiological processes of the crop. To minimize these stressful conditions, the use of shade nets is an agronomical technique that permits to create an optimal microclimate for crop development. Thus, the aim was to evaluate the effects of shade netting on the physiological response of young avocado trees commercially grown under Mediterranean climatic conditions. This study has been carried out in a commercial orchard of young avocado trees cv. ‘Hass’ grafted on ‘Duke 7’ rootstock in Callosa d’En Sarrià (Alicante), Spain. Two crop systems were established in 2021, open-air and shading (by using a shade net). The physiological study consisted in determining daily variations of tree water status by measuring stem water potential (Ψstem), and simultaneously gas exchange (stomatal conductance, gs and leaf transpiration rate, Eleaf) and leaf chlorophyll fluorescence [quantum yield of PSII (ΦPSII) and electron transport rate (ETR)] by using an advanced leaf porometer (LI-600). The main results showed similar circadian rhythms of plant water status under both crop systems (open-air and shaded) in both seasons. However, the use of shading nets altered the circadian rhythm of leaf gas exchange. In summer, gs remained significantly more open after midday in shaded trees, allowing higher leaf transpiration and cooler leaf temperature (Tleaf). A similar daily pattern was followed by chlorophyll fluorescence parameters, ΦPSII and ETR, showing the lowest values at midday. In shaded plants, ΦPSII and ETR values remained higher after midday than in open-air plants, suggesting a lower photochemical inhibition of the photosynthesis by heat stress. In this sense, was found that ΦPSII and ETR were non-linear correlated with Tleaf, falling sharply when Tleaf overpassed 35 ºC. The effect of shading on the environmental factors had a lower impact on daily patterns of leaf gas exchange and leaf chlorophyll fluorescence parameters in autumn. Thus, the use of shade nets represents an agronomic alternative technique to open-air, for cultivation of avocado in Mediterranean climate conditions
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spelling ReDivia88622025-04-25T14:54:39Z Daily patterns of plant water relations, gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence in young avocado trees grown under shading conditions Tasa, María Cámara-Campos, Eloy Badal, Eduardo Bonet, Luis Martínez-Gimeno, María A. Pérez-Pérez, Juan G. Shade nets F01 Crop husbandry F08 Cropping patterns and systems P10 Water resources and management F60 Plant physiology and biochemistry Stomatal conductance Heat stress Avocado trees are native to humid tropical and sub-tropical regions. However, when they are cultivated in regions with a typical Mediterranean climate, especially during summer, are exposed to high temperatures, low relative humidity, and high solar radiation, which can seriously affect plant water status and several physiological processes of the crop. To minimize these stressful conditions, the use of shade nets is an agronomical technique that permits to create an optimal microclimate for crop development. Thus, the aim was to evaluate the effects of shade netting on the physiological response of young avocado trees commercially grown under Mediterranean climatic conditions. This study has been carried out in a commercial orchard of young avocado trees cv. ‘Hass’ grafted on ‘Duke 7’ rootstock in Callosa d’En Sarrià (Alicante), Spain. Two crop systems were established in 2021, open-air and shading (by using a shade net). The physiological study consisted in determining daily variations of tree water status by measuring stem water potential (Ψstem), and simultaneously gas exchange (stomatal conductance, gs and leaf transpiration rate, Eleaf) and leaf chlorophyll fluorescence [quantum yield of PSII (ΦPSII) and electron transport rate (ETR)] by using an advanced leaf porometer (LI-600). The main results showed similar circadian rhythms of plant water status under both crop systems (open-air and shaded) in both seasons. However, the use of shading nets altered the circadian rhythm of leaf gas exchange. In summer, gs remained significantly more open after midday in shaded trees, allowing higher leaf transpiration and cooler leaf temperature (Tleaf). A similar daily pattern was followed by chlorophyll fluorescence parameters, ΦPSII and ETR, showing the lowest values at midday. In shaded plants, ΦPSII and ETR values remained higher after midday than in open-air plants, suggesting a lower photochemical inhibition of the photosynthesis by heat stress. In this sense, was found that ΦPSII and ETR were non-linear correlated with Tleaf, falling sharply when Tleaf overpassed 35 ºC. The effect of shading on the environmental factors had a lower impact on daily patterns of leaf gas exchange and leaf chlorophyll fluorescence parameters in autumn. Thus, the use of shade nets represents an agronomic alternative technique to open-air, for cultivation of avocado in Mediterranean climate conditions 2024-05-02T08:04:06Z 2024-05-02T08:04:06Z 2023 poster Tasa, M., Cámara-Campos, E., Badal., E., Bonet, L., Martínez-Gimeno, M. A. & Pérez-Pérez, J. G. (2023). Daily patterns of plant water relations, gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence in young avocado trees grown under shading conditions. Iberian Plant Biology_2023. [Poster presentation]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8862 en 2023-07 Iberian Plant Biology 2023 Braga, Portugal Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ openAccess electronico
spellingShingle Shade nets
F01 Crop husbandry
F08 Cropping patterns and systems
P10 Water resources and management
F60 Plant physiology and biochemistry
Stomatal conductance
Heat stress
Tasa, María
Cámara-Campos, Eloy
Badal, Eduardo
Bonet, Luis
Martínez-Gimeno, María A.
Pérez-Pérez, Juan G.
Daily patterns of plant water relations, gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence in young avocado trees grown under shading conditions
title Daily patterns of plant water relations, gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence in young avocado trees grown under shading conditions
title_full Daily patterns of plant water relations, gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence in young avocado trees grown under shading conditions
title_fullStr Daily patterns of plant water relations, gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence in young avocado trees grown under shading conditions
title_full_unstemmed Daily patterns of plant water relations, gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence in young avocado trees grown under shading conditions
title_short Daily patterns of plant water relations, gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence in young avocado trees grown under shading conditions
title_sort daily patterns of plant water relations gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence in young avocado trees grown under shading conditions
topic Shade nets
F01 Crop husbandry
F08 Cropping patterns and systems
P10 Water resources and management
F60 Plant physiology and biochemistry
Stomatal conductance
Heat stress
url https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8862
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