Linking canopy-scale mesophyll conductance and phloem sugar δ13 C using empirical and modelling approaches.

The New Phytologist
Pauliina Schiestl-AaltoAnnikki Mäkelä

Abstract

Interpreting phloem carbohydrate or xylem tissue carbon isotopic composition as measures of water-use efficiency or past tree productivity requires in-depth knowledge of the factors altering the isotopic composition within the pathway from ambient air to phloem contents and tree ring. One of least understood of these factors is mesophyll conductance (gm ). We formulated a dynamic model describing the leaf photosynthetic pathway including seven alternative gm descriptions and a simple transport of sugars from foliage down the trunk. We parameterised the model for a boreal Scots pine stand and compared simulated gm responses with weather variations. We further compared the simulated δ13 C of new photosynthates among the different gm descriptions and against measured phloem sugar δ13 C. Simulated gm estimates of the seven descriptions varied according to weather conditions, resulting in varying estimates of phloem δ13 C during cold/moist and warm/dry periods. The model succeeded in predicting a drought response and a postdrought release in phloem sugar δ13 C indicating suitability of the model for inverse prediction of leaf processes from phloem isotopic composition. We suggest short-interval phloem sampling during and after extre...Continue Reading

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