Development of a portable leaf photosynthesis and volatile organic compounds emission system

Autor: Kolby J. Jardine, Raquel F. Zorzanelli, Emily Robles, Luani Rosa de Oliveira Piva, Bruno O. Gimenez
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Light
Mass Fragmentography
Clinical Biochemistry
chemistry.chemical_element
Climate change
Monoterpene
010501 environmental sciences
Carbon Cycling
Photosynthesis
01 natural sciences
Banana
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
Tropical forest
Volatile Organic Compound
Environmental Temperature
Tropical Rain Forest
Plant Leaf
lcsh:Science
Isoprene
030304 developmental biology
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
automation
Banana plant
0303 health sciences
Water
VOCs
Materials Engineering
Carbon Dioxide
Climate Action
Medical Laboratory Technology
Light intensity
Leaf
Light Intensity
chemistry
Biofuel
Environmental chemistry
Carbon Metabolism
Plant Physiology
desorption
Priority Journal
Environmental science
lcsh:Q
Sample collection
Earth and Planetary Science
Cycling
Carbon
Zdroj: Repositório Institucional do INPA
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
instacron:INPA
MethodsX, Vol 7, Iss, Pp 100880-(2020)
MethodsX
Popis: Understanding how plant carbon metabolism responds to environmental variables such as light is central to understanding ecosystem carbon cycling and the production of food, biofuels, and biomaterials. Here, we couple a portable leaf photosynthesis system to an autosampler for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to enable field observations of net photosynthesis simultaneously with emissions of VOCs as a function of light. Following sample collection, VOCs are analyzed using automated thermal desorption-gas chromatograph-mass spectrometry (TD-GC–MS). An example is presented from a banana plant in the central Amazon with a focus on the response of photosynthesis and the emissions of eight individual monoterpenes to light intensity. Our observations reveal that banana leaf emissions represent a 1.1 +/- 0.1% loss of photosynthesis by carbon. Monoterpene emissions from banana are dominated by trans-β-ocimene, which accounts for up to 57% of total monoterpene emissions at high light. We conclude that the developed system is ideal for the identification and quantification of VOC emissions from leaves in parallel with CO2 and water fluxes.The system therefore permits the analysis of biological and environmental sensitivities of carbon metabolism in leaves in remote field locations, resulting in the emission of hydrocarbons to the atmosphere.•A field-portable system is developed for the identification and quantification of VOCs from leaves in parallel with leaf physiological measurements including photosynthesis and transpiration.•The system will enable the characterization of carbon and energy allocation to the biosynthesis and emission of VOCs linked with photosynthesis (e.g. isoprene and monoterpenes) and their biological and environmental sensitivities (e.g. light, temperature, CO2).•Allow the development of more accurate mechanistic global VOC emission models linked with photosynthesis, improving our ability to predict how forests will respond to climate change. It is our hope that the presented system will contribute with critical data towards these goals across Earth's diverse tropical forests.
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