TY - JOUR
T1 - Modelling nonlinear dynamics of Crassulacean acid metabolism productivity and water use for global predictions
AU - Inglese, Paolo
AU - Consoli, Simona
AU - Yin, Jun
AU - Hartzell, Samantha
AU - Bartlett, Mark S.
AU - Porporato, Amilcare
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) crops are important agricultural commodities in water-limited environments across the globe, yet modelling of CAM productivity lacks the sophistication of widely used C3 and C4 crop models, in part due to the complex responses of the CAM cycle to environmental conditions. This work builds on recent advances in CAM modelling to provide a framework for estimating CAM biomass yield and water use efficiency from basic principles. These advances, which integrate the CAM circadian rhythm with established models of carbon fixation, stomatal conductance and the soil–plant-atmosphere continuum, are coupled to models of light attenuation, plant respiration and biomass partitioning. Resulting biomass yield and transpiration for Opuntia ficus-indica and Agave tequilana are validated against field data and compared with predictions of CAM productivity obtained using the empirically based environmental productivity index. By representing regulation of the circadian state as a nonlinear oscillator, the modelling approach captures the diurnal dynamics of CAM stomatal conductance, allowing the prediction of CAM transpiration and water use efficiency for the first time at the plot scale. This approach may improve estimates of CAM productivity under light-limiting conditions when compared with previous methods.
AB - Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) crops are important agricultural commodities in water-limited environments across the globe, yet modelling of CAM productivity lacks the sophistication of widely used C3 and C4 crop models, in part due to the complex responses of the CAM cycle to environmental conditions. This work builds on recent advances in CAM modelling to provide a framework for estimating CAM biomass yield and water use efficiency from basic principles. These advances, which integrate the CAM circadian rhythm with established models of carbon fixation, stomatal conductance and the soil–plant-atmosphere continuum, are coupled to models of light attenuation, plant respiration and biomass partitioning. Resulting biomass yield and transpiration for Opuntia ficus-indica and Agave tequilana are validated against field data and compared with predictions of CAM productivity obtained using the empirically based environmental productivity index. By representing regulation of the circadian state as a nonlinear oscillator, the modelling approach captures the diurnal dynamics of CAM stomatal conductance, allowing the prediction of CAM transpiration and water use efficiency for the first time at the plot scale. This approach may improve estimates of CAM productivity under light-limiting conditions when compared with previous methods.
KW - Agave tequilana
KW - Crassulacean acid metabolism
KW - Opuntia ficus-indica
KW - biomass
KW - carbon assimilation
KW - water use efficiency
KW - Agave tequilana
KW - Crassulacean acid metabolism
KW - Opuntia ficus-indica
KW - biomass
KW - carbon assimilation
KW - water use efficiency
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/467117
M3 - Article
VL - 44
SP - 34
EP - 48
JO - Plant, Cell and Environment
JF - Plant, Cell and Environment
SN - 0140-7791
ER -