"Growth and biomass allocation of symptomatic and asymptomatic Populus " by D.F. Karnoscky, Z.E. Gagnon et al.
 

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Growth and biomass allocation of symptomatic and asymptomatic Populus tremuloides clones in response to seasonal ozone exposures

Document Type

Article

Source

Emerging issues in northern hardwood management: air pollution, climate change and biodiversity

Volume

Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 22 (11)

First Page

1785

Last Page

1788

Publication Date

1992

Abstract

The effect of single-season ozone exposures on growth and biomass production of numerous trembling aspen (Populustremuloides Michx.) clones was studied, using open-top chambers, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. All clones studied had previously been ranked according to foliar sensitivity to short-term, high-dose ozone exposures. For this study, comparisons were made between plants grown in charcoal-filtered, nonfiltered, and ozone-added (consisting of 80 ppb ozone for 6 h per day, 3 days per week) chambers and in open-air plots. For the plants grown in ozone-added chambers, as compared with those grown in the charcoal-filtered air, stem biomass decreases were 0% for the 18 ozone-tolerant clones and 46.4% for the 18 ozone-sensitive clones, in 1988. In 1989, they were 5% for the tolerant clones and 74% for the sensitive clones. Thus, our results suggest that ozone can have either a negative effect on growth or no effect, depending on the clones tested. However, it is clear from this study that ozone consistently affected biomass production in sensitive clones in a negative manner. These results strengthen the case for ozone being a strong selective force, even at relatively low total doses.

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