ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Plant Sci., 22 February 2023

Sec. Plant Nutrition

Volume 14 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1132414

Changes in plant nutrient status following combined elevated [CO2] and canopy warming in winter wheat

  • 1. Key Laboratory for Humid Subtropical Eco-geographical Processes of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Geography, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China

  • 2. Institute of Resource, Ecosystem and Environment of Agriculture, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang, Nanjing, China

  • 3. Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Abstract

Projected global climate change is a potential threat to nutrient utilization in agroecosystems. However, the combined effects of elevated [CO2] and canopy warming on plant nutrient concentrations and translocations are not well understood. Here we conducted an open-air field experiment to investigate the impact of factorial elevated [CO2] (up to 500 μmol mol-1) and canopy air warming (+2°C) on nutrient (N, P, and K) status during the wheat growing season in a winter wheat field. Compared to ambient conditions, soil nutrient status was generally unchanged under elevated [CO2] and canopy warming. In contrast, elevated [CO2] decreased K concentrations by 11.0% and 11.5% in plant shoot and root, respectively, but had no impact on N or P concentration. Canopy warming increased shoot N, P and K concentrations by 8.9%, 7.5% and 15.0%, but decreased root N, P, and K concentrations by 12.3%, 9.0% and 31.6%, respectively. Accordingly, canopy warming rather than elevated [CO2] increased respectively N, P and K transfer coefficients (defined as the ratio of nutrient concentrations in the shoot to root) by 22.2%, 27.9% and 84.3%, which illustrated that canopy warming played a more important role in nutrient translocation from belowground to aboveground than elevated [CO2]. These results suggested that the response of nutrient dynamics was more sensitive in plants than in soil under climate change.

1 Introduction

Increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration ([CO2]) is a major driver of climate change. Carbon dioxide is projected to reach more than 500 ppm, which may raise global temperature by more than 2°C by the end of this century (). It has been widely reported that elevated [CO2] stimulates terrestrial plant growth through the [CO2] fertilization effect (; ), and indirectly affects nutrient absorption and availability (; ). It is generally accepted that crop yield was increased through enhancing leaf photosynthesis under elevated [CO2] (; ), while warming reduced crop biomass due to increased phenological development and leaf respiration (; ). By contrast, the high isoflavone reductase-like gene expression mitigated the negative impacts of elevated temperature in wheat (). However, crop responses to factorial elevated [CO2] and warming have not been sufficiently addressed.

Chinese agroecosystems are vulnerable to global climate change. Wheat is one of the most widely planted staple agricultural food crops (), but its yield could be severely affected by elevated [CO2] and global warming (; ). Soil nutrient dynamics and plant nutrient absorption are critical factors determining the impact of elevated [CO2] and warming on food productivity (; ; ). Previous reviews concluded that elevated [CO2] increased the average grain yield of C3 grasses (wheat, rice, and barley) by about 19% (). However, the negative impact of warming can negate the positive effect of elevated [CO2] on crop productivity (; ). Whereas, reported that high isoflavone reductase-like gene expression promoted grain yield under the combined treatment of elevated [CO2] and heat stress in wheat. Furthermore, the negative impact of warming played an overwhelming role in plant nutrient utilization in comparison with elevated [CO2] (). To date, it remains unclear whether the impact of elevated [CO2] offsets the effect of canopy warming on nutrient transfer and soil nutrient status.

Nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) are recognized as the most limiting factors affecting the crop physiological function and production. Elevated [CO2] reduced nutrient concentrations owing to the dilution effect of [CO2] or inhibited investment in Rubisco and nitrate (; ), but increased nutrient accumulation in plants (). Furthermore, a large-scale meta-analytic study showed that the nutrient (N, P, K) declined in foliar and grain tissues under elevated [CO2] (). Meanwhile, warming accelerated leaf transpiration and more nutrients were acquired for aboveground biomass (). As a consequence, more nutrients are translocated from soil to plants (). Nutrient availability was not only determined by soil properties, but also regulated by elevated [CO2] and global warming (; ). It is likely that changes in plant physiological metabolism can alter the translocation and accumulation of nutrients, which could finally affect soil nutrient dynamics under future climate changes (). reported that elevated [CO2] led to a global imbalance of essential elements in plants, and could intensify malnutrition in human populations under future climate conditions. showed that elevated [CO2] decreased the availability of N and P in a FACE (free-air [CO2] enrichment) system, but the response of nutrient availability to elevated [CO2] varied among nutrients and growth stages. Some studies reported that the availability of P and ammonium ( -N) increased under elevated [CO2] or combined with warming (), although elevated [CO2] and warming decreased soil nutrient status in terrestrial ecosystems (). So far, the factorial combination of elevated [CO2] and canopy warming on belowground processes and ecosystem functioning remains elusive.

This study was a factorial elevated [CO2] (to 500 ppm) and warming (by 2°C) experiment conducted in an open-field system. We hypothesize that both elevated [CO2] and warming would increase nutrient requirement, and thus stimulate nutrient translocation from belowground to aboveground, finally decreasing soil nutrient availability. The findings of this study provide insights into fertilizer management in cropland and strategies for sustainable production under future climates.

2 Materials and methods

2.1 Experimental design

The experimental site was located in Jiangsu Province, China (31°30′N, 120°33′E). The soil is formed on clayey lacustrine deposits as Gleyic Stagnic Anthrosol. Initial soil analysis was 19.2 g organic C kg-1, 1.3 g total N kg-1, 0.9 g total P kg-1, 15.0 g total K kg-1and pH of 7.0. The soil at the experimental site is classified as loam with sand of 33.8%, silt of 38.6%, and clay of 27.6%. The experimental site belongs to a humid subtropical climate with an average annual temperature of 16 °C and annual precipitation of 1100-1200 mm ().

The facility operation followed the procedures described by . The treatments were randomly arranged in three blocks, with each block having four treatments (rings). The area of each ring is 50 m2. The four treatments included ambient condition (CK), elevated [CO2] (500 ppm, CE), canopy warming (+2°C, WA) by infrared heaters, and combined treatment of elevated [CO2] and canopy warming (CW). An interval of 28 m was set up between rings to avoid any potential contamination across treatments.

2.2 Crop cultivation and fertilizer management

Winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) of Yangmai No.14 was planted at a row spacing of 20 cm in November 2013 and harvested in May 2014. Based on local practice, the basal fertilizer in the form of urea (46% N) was applied at a rate of 187.5 kg ha-1, and top-dressed at a rate of 150 kg ha-1 at the elongation stage. The topdressing fertilizer was provided by a compound fertilizer (15 N: 15 P2O5: 15 K2O) at a rate of 375 kg ha-1 after the heading stage. The weed control and insecticide application were carried out according to local agronomic management. The wheat was cultivated under rain-fed conditions.

2.3 Soil and plant collection and measurement

Plant and soil samples were taken at the elongation, heading, and ripening. Since climatic change treatment altered wheat development, soil and plant sampling was conducted based on the phenological stage. Wheat plants were randomly collected 1 m2 from each plot, plant sample was separated into shoot and root. Root samples were rinsed with water to get rid of the soil. Meanwhile, the shoot and root samples were rinsed and de-enzyme at 105°C for 0.5 h, and then oven-dried at 70°C for 48 h. All plant samples were ground to 0.25 mm. For soil samples, five soil cores (0-15 cm) were taken and then homogenized to form a mixed soil sample. After removing visible residues and stones, soil samples were passed through a 2 mm sieve and maintained at 4°C before analysis.

Soil available P was extracted with NaHCO3 and analyzed by a spectrophotometer (TU-1810, China). Soil available K concentrations were estimated using a flame photometer (FP6410, China) after extraction with 1 M ammonium acetate (NH4OAc). Soil -N and N concentrations were determined using a subsection flow analysis instrument (Skalar, Netherlands).

Plant shoot and root samples were pretreated with H2SO4-H2O2, and analyzed for N concentrations by the Kjeldahl digestion method. Phosphorus concentrations were determined by a spectrophotometer (TU-1810, China), and K concentrations by a flame photometer (FP6410, China).

2.4 Statistical analysis

Nutrient transfer coefficients were used to evaluate the impact of elevated [CO2] and canopy warming on the capacity of plant nutrient uptake (). Nutrient transfer coefficients were estimated as:

general linear mixed model (GLM) was used to detect the [CO2], warming and growth stage (main factor), with blocks treated as a random variable. Accordingly, a three-way analysis of variance was used to test the differences between treatments and the growth stage. The probability level (P< 0.05) was considered to be statistically significant. Statistical analyses were conducted by SPSS v.22.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA).

3 Results

3.1 Nutrient concentrations

When averaged across three growth stages, elevated [CO2] did not alter plant N or P concentrations (Figure 1), but reduced K concentrations by 11.0% (P = 0.001) in the shoot and 11.5% (P = 0.001) in the root (Figure 1 and Table 1). By contrast, canopy warming significantly increased shoot N, P, and K concentrations by 8.9% (P = 0.016), 7.5% (P = 0.054), and 15.0% (P< 0.001), but reduced root N and K concentrations by 12.3% (P< 0.01), and 31.6% (P< 0.001), respectively. However, plant N, P, and K concentrations varied among stages and reached the peak at the elongation stage. Significant interactions of [CO2] × warming and [CO2] × warming × stage were observed in the N and P concentrations: elevated [CO2] aggravated the positive effect of canopy warming on shoot N and P concentrations, especially at the elongation stage, but mitigated the adverse impact of canopy warming on root N and P concentrations at the heading stage.

Figure 1

Table 1

SourcedfNPK
ShootRootShootRootShootRoot
[CO2] effect a3.28.8-3.4-5.9-11.0-11.5
Warming effect b8.9-12.37.5-9.015.0-31.6
[CO2]10.3440.0670.3440.3030.0010.001
Warming10.0170.0070.0540.115<0.001<0.001
Growth stage2<0.001<0.001<0.0010.051<0.001<0.001
[CO2]×Warming10.0010.0020.114<0.0010.1950.127
[CO2]×Stage20.1470.3120.0170.0160.2000.074
Warming×Stage20.447<0.0010.0090.638<0.001<0.001
[CO2]×Warming×Stage20.0010.0060.0190.0010.1020.148

Summary of the GLMM analysis of nutrient concentrations in shoots and roots under simulated climate change conditions.

a, The impact of elevated [CO2] was measured through ((CE +CW)/(CK+WA)-1) × 100, averaged across three stages;

b, The impact of canopy warming was measured through ((WA + CW)/(CK + CE)-1) × 100, averaged across three stages.

Different letters indicate significant differences between treatments in the same stage at P< 0.05.

3.2 Nutrient transfer coefficients

Elevated [CO2] and canopy warming had significant effects on nutrient transfer coefficients, and these effects varied with wheat growth stages (Table 2). When averaged across three growth stages, canopy warming significantly increased N, P, and K transfer coefficients by 22.2% (P = 0.001), 27.9% (P = 0.001), and 84.3% (P< 0.001), respectively. Elevated [CO2] enhanced P and K transfer coefficients by 27.9% (P = 0.058) and by 10.1% (P< 0.05), but did not affect the N transfer coefficient. A significant interaction of [CO2] × warming was detected for P (P< 0.001) and K (P< 0.01) transfer coefficients: the increases in P and K transfer coefficients by canopy warming were aggravated by elevated [CO2]. The impact of canopy warming appeared differently among stages as evidenced by significant warming × stage interaction.

Table 2

Growth stageTreatmentN transfer coefficient (%)P transfer coefficient (%)K transfer coefficient (%)
ElongationCK334.6 ± 38.6ab155.4 ± 2.9b134.1 ± 6.9b
CE327.2 ± 44.2ab172.6 ± 16.8b120.8 ± 18.3b
WA380.3 ± 33.7a270.0 ± 88.7a169.1 ± 9.2a
CW291.9 ± 36.5b251.3 ± 38.0ab157.6 ± 12.0a
HeadingCK81.8 ± 13.0b39.4 ± 11.0a38.2 ± 1.4b
CE45.9 ± 5.6c35.2 ± 5.8a35.2 ± 2.1b
WA51.0 ± 11.4c42.1 ± 20.3a41.7 ± 2.0b
CW130.5 ± 15.3a38.4 ± 4.3a48.8 ± 6.1a
RipeningCK135.5 ± 5.8c164.8 ± 22.5a92.0 ± 10.4c
CE140.2 ± 5.3c141.3 ± 18.2a78.4 ± 13.3c
WA218.1 ± 32.8b176.1 ± 17.5a231.4 ± 15.9b
CW287.6 ± 27.4a176.2 ± 12.7a297.3 ± 58.5a
[CO2] effect a-8.513.510.1
Warming effect b22.227.984.3
[CO2]0.1090.0580.046
Warming0.0010.001<0.001
Growth stage<0.001<0.0010.016
[CO2]×Warming0.130<0.0010.002
[CO2]×Stage0.2780.0110.054
Warming×Stage0.0170.019<0.001
[CO2]×Warming×Stage0.397<0.0010.362

Nutrient transfer coefficients under ambient condition (CK), elevated [CO2] alone (CE), canopy warming alone (WA), and combined treatment (CW).

a, The impact of elevated [CO2] was measured through ((CE +CW)/(CK+WA)-1) × 100, averaged across three stages;

b, The impact of canopy warming was measured through ((WA + CW)/(CK + CE)-1) × 100, averaged across three stages.

Data were presented as means of three replicates ± standard error; Different letters indicate significant differences between treatments in the same stage at P< 0.05.

3.3 Soil nutrient status

Elevated [CO2] and canopy warming did not alter soil nutrient status (Table 3), although elevated [CO2] slightly increased soil available P concentrations by 13.2% (P< 0.05). However, soil nutrient availability varied across stages with the peaking soil N concentrations occurring at the heading stage and the peaking P and K concentrations at the ripening stage. There was a significant interaction of [CO2] × warming × growing stages on soil K concentrations. A significant effect of elevated [CO2] × warming interaction was observed for soil N and available P concentrations: warming increased soil N and available P concentrations under ambient [CO2] but not under elevated [CO2].

Table 3

Growth stageTreatmentN
mg kg-1
-N
mg kg-1
Available P mg kg-1Available K mg kg-1
ElongationCK29.4 ± 0.2a3.6 ± 1.1a37.1 ± 1.1a114.8 ± 13.7a
CE29.2 ± 0.7a2.3 ± 0.3b43.9 ± 5.7a101.7 ± 12.7a
WA28.7 ± 0.5a2.3 ± 0.3b38.2 ± 5.4a119.0 ± 4.4a
CW29.0 ± 0.6a2.8 ± 0.2ab40.8 ± 3.7a124.2 ± 3.6a
HeadingCK33.9 ± 15.5a2.9 ± 0.1a30.1 ± 3.9a97.3 ± 3.1a
CE28.2 ± 14.6a2.4 ± 0.2bc37.1 ± 5.0a98.3 ± 5.5a
WA47.2 ± 7.5a2.4 ± 0.3c39.4 ± 1.9a100.7 ± 9.7a
CW31.5 ± 3.7a2.9 ± 0.3ab32.0 ± 5.4a110.5 ± 12.6a
RipeningCK14.7 ± 7.4a2.3 ± 0.4a38.2 ± 5.6a112.2 ± 7.7b
CE16.4 ± 5.0a3.0 ± 0.6a55.1 ± 3.4a153.2 ± 4.2a
WA18.0 ± 0.9a2.3 ± 0.1a41.1 ± 9.3a121.2 ± 19.5b
CW22.5 ± 5.1a2.7 ± 0.1a44.9 ± 8.4a121.0 ± 17.3b
[CO2] effect a-8.82.113.26.6
Warming effect b16.6-7.3-2.22.8
[CO2]0.3070.6970.0110.058
Warming0.0950.1690.6300.392
Growth stage<0.0010.546<0.001<0.001
[CO2]×Warming0.6530.0070.0070.530
[CO2]×Stage0.0690.0530.0780.037
Warming×Stage0.3380.6140.4350.025
[CO2]×Warming×Stage0.5160.0100.4670.006

Soil nutrient status under ambient condition (CK), elevated [CO2] alone (CE), canopy warming alone (WA), and combined treatment (CW).

a, The impact of elevated [CO2] was measured through ((CE +CW)/(CK+WA)-1) × 100, averaged across three stages;

b, The impact of canopy warming was measured through ((WA + CW)/(CK + CE)-1) × 100, averaged across three stages.

Data were presented as means of three replicates ± standard error; Different letters indicate significant differences between treatments in the same stage at P< 0.05.

4 Discussion

4.1 Canopy warming has stronger effects on nutrient concentrations and translocations than elevated [CO2] in winter wheat

Elevated [CO2] alone decreased plant K concentrations, but the responses varied among growth stages (Table 1). The dilution effect in the K concentrations has been widely described in plants under elevated [CO2] (; ). found that elevated [CO2] (790 ppm) reduced K concentrations in Flindersia. By contrast, elevated [CO2] did not alter the N and P concentrations for both shoot and root (Figure 1 and Table 1). This contrasts with other studies and indicates that elevated [CO2] is associated with the dilution of nutrient concentrations in wheat grain under sufficient fertilizer input (). Our previous study argued that elevated [CO2] did not affect plant nutrient concentrations under adequate fertilizer supply in the rice paddy field (). On the other hand, the reasons were ascribed to the levels of [CO2] elevation (500 ppm) in this study, which was much lower than in other studies (more than 550 ppm). Whereas, the P and K transfer coefficients were significantly increased by elevated [CO2], which was ascribed to an increase in nutrient demand by crop aboveground biomass (). Indeed, we observed that elevated [CO2] significantly increased grain yield by 29.6% (Figure S1). Elevated [CO2] did not affect the N transfer coefficient, which is due to the inhibition of N assimilation or lower investment in Rubisco in the shoots of wheat (; ). These results indicated that the mechanisms for nutrient translocation from root to shoot varied with plant nutrient demands.

Canopy warming significantly increased nutrient concentrations in plant shoots (Figure 1 and Table 1). Warming-induced increase in plant N concentrations (29.8-32.7%) was also observed in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem (). have indicated that higher air temperature would increase the vapor pressure deficit of the canopy and leaf transpiration, thereby increasing nutrient translocation from root to shoot. Our previous study showed a significant increase in evapotranspiration under canopy warming conditions in this winter wheat field (). Moreover, we also found that canopy warming significantly reduced nutrient concentrations in roots and increased nutrient transfer coefficients (Tables 1, 2).

Our results observed that combined treatment of elevated [CO2] and canopy warming did not affect shoot nutrient concentrations (Figure 1). This is consistent with a previous study conducted by , who observed no significant change in rice N concentrations under concurrent elevated [CO2] (680 ppm) and high night temperature (+10°C). However, has shown that the interaction of elevated [CO2] (700 ppm) and temperature (+ 4°C) significantly decreased N and K concentrations, but did not affect the P concentrations in wheat leaf in a greenhouse study. In contrast, elevated [CO2] (550 ppm) and elevated air temperature (+ 2°C) significantly increased P uptake in rice in an open top chamber study (). The inconsistent results were attributed to differences in experimental designs and variations in crop cultivars, and the low statistical power of individual studies. found that temperature determined the response of plant N assimilation and mineral nutrient composition to elevated [CO2]. Similarly, our results found that canopy warming altered nutrient uptake response to elevated [CO2], with elevated [CO2] significantly increasing P and K transfer coefficients under canopy warming, but decreasing the P transfer coefficient under ambient temperature. Therefore, further studies are needed to reveal the mechanisms of plant nutrient assimilation under future concurrent elevated [CO2] and warming conditions.

4.2 Effects of elevated [CO2] and canopy warming on soil nutrient status

As mentioned above, elevated [CO2] and canopy warming significantly altered nutrient uptake. However, opposite to our hypothesis, elevated [CO2] or canopy warming did not affect soil nutrient status (Table 3). Previous studies reported that elevated [CO2] did not change soil N or P availability in paddy fields (; ), although it is generally accepted that elevated [CO2] increased nutrient demand through increasing plant biomass (; ). However, a recent study demonstrated that [CO2] fertilization increased N and P availability in a P-limited forest ecosystem (). The present study was not constrained by nutrients due to the frequent fertilizer applications, which suggests that soil nutrient availability can be replenished by fertilizer input in an intensively managed agricultural ecosystem under future climate scenarios.

Our results showed that canopy warming increased soil N and available P concentrations under ambient conditions (Table 3). Warming greatly affects soil microbial and enzyme activity, which stimulates soil nutrient availability (; ; ). Warming increased nutrient mineralization, which leads to the stimulation of nutrient availability and increases nutrient assimilation by plants (; ). In contrast, canopy warming did not significantly alter soil nutrient availability under elevated [CO2] (Table 3). The acceleration of soil nutrient availability is counteracted by the plant demand and soil moisture, and was even reduced under warming. Elevated temperature decreased soil moisture, resulting in a limitation in soil nutrient mineralization under dry conditions (; ). Our results demonstrated that both canopy warming alone and combined with elevated [CO2] generally increased nutrient transfer coefficients (Figure 1 and Table 2). Therefore, the long-term climatic change probably increases soil nutrient consumption, which has a negative impact on food production. However, the responses of soil nutrient status to future concurrent elevated [CO2] and canopy warming are complicated, which warrants further studies for developing adaptation strategies to future climate change.

5 Conclusion

Our results demonstrated that simulated climate change has a significant influence on nutrient concentrations and transfer coefficients. Canopy warming rather than elevated [CO2] increased N, P, and K concentrations in plant shoots, but reduced these concentrations in plant roots. Canopy warming significantly increased nutrient transfer coefficients. A similar trend was observed for nutrient transfer coefficients under elevated [CO2], but to less extent than canopy warming. This study demonstrated an increase in nutrient consumption under climate change in winter wheat. Our findings provide major implications for plant and soil nutrient management as affected by future climate change.

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Author contributions

JW performed the laboratory work, analyzed the data and drafted the manuscript. XS revised and improved the draft. SL improved the draft. GP and LL contributed ideas to the study and carried out the experimental design. All authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version.

Funding

The experimental facility was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 32271679, 31901165) and the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province (No. 2020J01186). We are grateful to the Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest (No. 200903003). The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Conflict of interest

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Keywords

climate change, free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE), global warming, nutrient dynamic, winter wheat, Southeast China

Citation

Wang J, Li L, Lam SK, Shi X and Pan G (2023) Changes in plant nutrient status following combined elevated [CO2] and canopy warming in winter wheat. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1132414. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1132414

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27 December 2022

Accepted

08 February 2023

Published

22 February 2023

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14 - 2023

Edited by

Asif Naeem, Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology, Pakistan

Reviewed by

Sajid Shokat, Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Pakistan; Irakli Loladze, Bryan College of Health Sciences, United States

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*Correspondence: Jianqing Wang, ; Xiuzhen Shi,

This article was submitted to Plant Nutrition, a section of the journal Frontiers in Plant Science

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