Acta Agronomica Hungarica
Volume/Issue:
Volume 59: Issue 3
Effect of CO2 enrichment on canopy photosynthesis, water use efficiency and early development of tomato and pepper hybrids
Authors: S. Bencze, I. Keresztényi 2 , B. Varga 1 , B. Kőszegi 1 , K. Balla 1 , A. Gémesné-Juhász 1 , and O. Veisz 1
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  • 1 Agricultural Research Institute of The Hungarian Academy of Sciences Martonvásár Hungary
  • 2 Mol Group Százhalombatta Hungary
  • 3 P.O. Box 19 H-2462 Martonvásár Hungary
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/AAgr.59.2011.3.12
Page Count:
275–284
Publication Date:
01 Sep 2011
Online Publication Date:
06 Oct 2011
Article Category:
Research Article
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The effect of CO2 enrichment on the rate of photosynthesis and the water use efficiency (WUE) of young pepper and tomato plants was studied in the phytotron. A CO2 level of 1000 ppm significantly increased the net assimilation rate in the upper foliage, while the increase was even more considerable in the lower layers of the canopy, with values of up to 100%. The 1500 ppm CO2 level caused a further substantial increase in CO2 assimilation and at least doubled (in tomato) or tripled (in pepper) the water use efficiency on a leaf area basis compared to the ambient values. Although the response in terms of photosynthesis and WUE was not variety-specific, there were differences between the pepper hybrids in the biomass components, exceeding 100% for the total biomass at the 1500 ppm CO2 level. In tomato, however, there was no significant variation in the total biomass of the three hybrids investigated in this early phase of development at either CO2 level.

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Acta Agronomica Hungarica
Print ISSN:
0238-0161
Online ISSN:
1588-2527
Keywords:
elevated CO2; pepper; tomato; photosynthesis; WUE

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