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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (35): 111-117.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2022-0979

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Effects of Elevated Temperature and Soil Fertility on Photosynthetic Characteristics and Yield of Soybean

FENG Qian(), JIN Lihui, XUE Haiqing, YUE Ya, MIAO Huan, MIAO Shujie, QIAO Yunfa()   

  1. School of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Sciences & Technology, Nanjing 210044
  • Received:2022-11-17 Revised:2023-01-09 Online:2023-12-11 Published:2023-12-11
  • Contact: QIAO Yunfa

Abstract:

In face of global warming, the effect of elevated temperature on soybean growth was studied to provide theoretical basis for soybean production responding to future climate change. Two soil types, high and low fertility, were selected to study the effects of elevated temperature on chlorophyll content, photosynthetic characteristics and soybean yield at three leaf stage, flowering stage and bulking stage under ambient temperature (aT) and elevated temperature (eT) treatments by using an open warming system. The results showed that at the three leaf stage, eT decreased the Pn (photosynthetic rate), Gs (stomatal conductance) and Tr (transpiration rate) of soybean leaves by 21.3%, 36.7% and 17.4% on high fertility soil, respectively, while increased the SPAD value by 15.1% and decreased Pn by 11.4% on low fertility soil, respectively, compared to control. At flowering stage, leaf SPAD value was increased by 24.0% on high fertility soil, while Pn, Gs, Ci (intercellular CO2 concentration) and Tr (transpiration rate) were decreased significantly on low fertility soil at eT than that of control, and eT decreased leaf Gs, Ci and Tr on low fertility soil compared with the control. At the bulking stage, in contrast to control, leaf Pn, Gs and Tr at eT were increased by 25.6%, 55.5% and 33.8% on high fertility soil, but were decreased by 42.4%, 58.7% and 56.1% on low fertility soil, respectively. The increased temperature resulted in a 23.3% yield increase of soybean on high fertility soils compared to the control, while a 10.9% yield reduction on low fertility soils. The photosynthetic capacity of soybean at bulking stage was the key factor in limiting yield formation, especially on high fertility soil, which can offset the insufficient photosynthesis at early growth stage, and finally improved yield. Therefore, adjusting soil fertility would be a potential strategy to improve the adaptability of soybean production to future global warming.

Key words: warming, soybeans, photosynthetic parameter, output, soil fertility