Dynamical systems for plant carbon storage: describing complex reserve dynamics from simple fluctuations in photosynthesis and carbon allocation
Dynamical systems for plant carbon storage: describing complex reserve dynamics from simple fluctuations in photosynthesis and carbon allocation
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植物碳储存动力系统:从光合作用和碳分配的简单波动描述复杂的储备动态
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10.1093/treephys/tpad104
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发表时间:
2023
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4
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Sevanto, ed., Sanna
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Thompson, R. Alex;Landhäusser, Simon M.;Adams, Henry D.;Sevanto, ed., Sanna
The assimilation of carbon through photosynthesis can vary considerably throughout the year (Dietze et al. 2014). To survive, trees must form an energetic buffer in the form of nonstructural carbon (NSCs, ie, soluble sugars, starch, lipids, hemicellulose, and sugar alcohols; Gibon et al. 2009; Signori-müller et al. 2021). While the size and seasonal amplitude of this buffer is known to vary considerably among climates and species, most models of tree NSC dynamics still use simple allometric scaling ratios (Franklin et al., 2012; Furze et al., 2019; Fermaniuk et al., 2021). This static treatment of carbon allocation may explain why most vegetation models likely underestimate allocation to NSCs (Würth et al., 2005; Franklin et al., 2012). In this special issue of Tree Physiology, Oswald & Aubrey (2023) emphasize the role of non-structural carbohydrates (NSCs) as a central axis of a tree’s carbon balance, pointing the way forward for future vegetation models to incorporate allocation between NSC reserves and growth as a dynamic process rather than a fixed fraction of photosynthesis.Understanding the complex dynamics that drive variation in NSCs has been a key challenge for plant physiologists for many years (Körner 2011). NSCs are known to play a variety of roles in plant physiological function (Chapin et al. 1990; Dietze et al. 2014; Hartmann & Trumbore 2016). Yet, a longstanding issue in NSC dynamics is whether the environment constrains growth directly (sink limitation) or indirectly by constraining photosynthesis, thus limiting growth (source limitation; Körner 2003; Muller et al. 2011). Both scenarios have clear implications for how NSCs accumulate and contract, and have often been presented as independent processes. Oswald & Aubrey (2023) suggest that NSC dynamics are really the product of both sink and source limitations. The framework for understanding NSC dynamics also includes the relative importance of passive and active reserve formation of NSC in plants (Chapin et al. 1990; Kozlowski et al. 1992; Wiley & Helliker 2012). That is, whether C allocated