Paper · 2025 · Journal of Experimental Botany

Panicle temperature explains contrasting yield responses of rice genotypes to elevated CO2 and increased temperature in T-FACE environments

Haozheng Li; Liping Shao; Hongying Tang; et al.

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Abstract

Elevated CO2 increases, while high temperature decreases, rice yield. We hypothesized that the interplay between these opposite effects varies across genotypes and these variations are associated with the ability of genotypes to avoid and tolerate stress. We evaluated a Japonica genotype (Changyou5) and an Indica genotype (Yangdao6) under combinations of two CO2 levels (ambient and enriched to 590 μmol mol-1) and two canopy temperatures (ambient and warmed by 2.0 °C) in a temperature by free-air CO2 enrichment (T-FACE) system over two seasons. The elevated CO2 fully offset the adverse effects of the elevated temperature on grain yield of Yangdao6 but failed to do so for Changyou5. In Yangdao6 yield increased by 20.0%, while in Changyou5 it decreased by 7.8% under the combined elevated CO2 and elevated temperature. This genotypic difference was partly due to higher leaf-nitrogen content of cv. Yangdao6, resulting in superior light conversion efficiency. However, it was explained more by a smaller decrease in spikelet fertility (and thus harvest index) in Yangdao6, mainly resulting from lower panicle temperature during flowering. The lower panicle temperature in Yangdao6 was due to earlier flowering hours as well as to higher panicle nitrogen content that presumably led to greater transpirational cooling. The above key genotypic traits could be explored in rice breeding programs to improve yield resilience to climate change.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Combined elevated CO2 and warming increased Yangdao6 yield by 20.0%.

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combined elevated CO2 and elevated temperaturee0
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increasede0
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20.0%e0

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Oryza sativa
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“In Yangdao6 yield increased by 20.0%, while in Changyou5 it decreased by 7.8% under the combined elevated CO2 and elevated temperature.”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Combined elevated CO2 and warming decreased Changyou5 yield by 7.8%.

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Changyou5e0
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combined elevated CO2 and elevated temperaturee0
Outcome
yielde0
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decreasede0
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7.8%e0

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“In Yangdao6 yield increased by 20.0%, while in Changyou5 it decreased by 7.8% under the combined elevated CO2 and elevated temperature.”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Elevated CO2 fully offset warming-related grain yield loss in Yangdao6.

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Yangdao6e0
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elevated CO2e0
Outcome
grain yielde0
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fully offsete0
Comparator
elevated temperaturee0

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“The elevated CO2 fully offset the adverse effects of the elevated temperature on grain yield of Yangdao6”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Elevated CO2 did not fully offset warming-related grain yield loss in Changyou5.

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Changyou5e0
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elevated CO2e1
Outcome
grain yielde1
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failed to do soe0
Comparator
elevated temperaturee1

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“but failed to do so for Changyou5.”

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“The elevated CO2 fully offset the adverse effects of the elevated temperature on grain yield of Yangdao6 but failed to do so for Changyou5.”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Yangdao6 had higher leaf nitrogen content and superior light conversion efficiency.

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leaf-nitrogen contente0
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highere0

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“higher leaf-nitrogen content of cv. Yangdao6, resulting in superior light conversion efficiency”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Yangdao6 had a smaller decline in spikelet fertility and harvest index.

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Yangdao6e0
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spikelet fertility (and thus harvest index)e0
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smaller decreasee0

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“a smaller decrease in spikelet fertility (and thus harvest index) in Yangdao6”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Yangdao6 had lower panicle temperature during flowering.

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floweringe0
Outcome
panicle temperaturee0
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lowere0

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“lower panicle temperature during flowering”

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Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

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Earlier flowering and higher panicle nitrogen were implicated in Yangdao6 lower panicle temperature.

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Yangdao6e0
Outcome
lower panicle temperaturee0
Qualifier
earlier flowering hours as well as to higher panicle nitrogen contente0

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“The lower panicle temperature in Yangdao6 was due to earlier flowering hours as well as to higher panicle nitrogen content that presumably led to greater transpirational cooling.”

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Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultbasis n/a

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The authors propose using these genotype traits in breeding for climate-resilient yield.

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key genotypic traits could be explored in rice breeding programs to improve yield resilience to climate changee0

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“The above key genotypic traits could be explored in rice breeding programs to improve yield resilience to climate change.”

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