Seasonal variation in the response of a monoecious crop to increased temperature and fertilizers
Climate warming may affect the performance of plants directly through altering vegetative or reproductive traits, and indirectly through modifying interactions with their pollinators. On the other hand, the addition of fertilizers to the soil may increase the quantity and quality of floral rewards,...
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| author | Maribel López-Atanacio Rodrigo Lucas-García Rodrigo Lucas-García Victor Rosas-Guerrero Lorena Alemán-Figueroa José Gabriel Kuk-Dzul Giovanni Hernández-Flores |
| author_facet | Maribel López-Atanacio Rodrigo Lucas-García Rodrigo Lucas-García Victor Rosas-Guerrero Lorena Alemán-Figueroa José Gabriel Kuk-Dzul Giovanni Hernández-Flores |
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| description | Climate warming may affect the performance of plants directly through altering vegetative or reproductive traits, and indirectly through modifying interactions with their pollinators. On the other hand, the addition of fertilizers to the soil may increase the quantity and quality of floral rewards, favoring the visitation of pollinators and, consequently, the reproductive success of plants. However, it is still unknown whether fertilizers may counteract the effects of increased temperature on the vegetative, floral, and reproductive traits of plants, as well as on the interaction with their pollinators. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of the input of organic and synthetic fertilizers on several vegetative and floral traits, and on the rate of legitimate floral visitors and reproductive success of the squash during two seasons, under a scenario of an increase in ambient temperature. During the dry and the rainy seasons, three vegetative, eleven floral, and two reproductive traits, as well as the duration of visits and visitation rate of legitimate floral visitors were evaluated in squash plants distributed into six treatments in a bifactorial design: temperature (ambient or elevated temperature) and fertilizer (organic, synthetic or without supplementary fertilizers). Contrary to our predictions, we found that an increase of ~1.5°C in ambient temperature, positively influenced several vegetative, floral, and reproductive traits in this crop, and that organic fertilizers, in general, was not better than synthetic fertilizers in improving those traits. Interestingly, the response of the squash and indirectly on their legitimate floral visitors to the increase of temperature and the input of fertilizers vary widely among seasons, suggesting great temporal variation in plant-pollinator responses to temperature and nutrient availability, which makes food security more unpredictable. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-33e95e84a01e416bb60e88c09bfcbf8a2022-12-22T03:38:17ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Plant Science1664-462X2022-10-011310.3389/fpls.2022.10128591012859Seasonal variation in the response of a monoecious crop to increased temperature and fertilizersMaribel López-Atanacio0Rodrigo Lucas-García1Rodrigo Lucas-García2Victor Rosas-Guerrero3Lorena Alemán-Figueroa4José Gabriel Kuk-Dzul5Giovanni Hernández-Flores6Posgrado en Recursos Naturales y Ecología, Facultad de Ecología Marina, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Acapulco, Guerrero, MexicoPosgrado en Recursos Naturales y Ecología, Facultad de Ecología Marina, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Acapulco, Guerrero, MexicoEscuela Superior en Desarrollo Sustentable, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Tecpan de Galeana, Guerrero, MexicoEscuela Superior en Desarrollo Sustentable, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Tecpan de Galeana, Guerrero, MexicoEscuela Superior en Desarrollo Sustentable, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Tecpan de Galeana, Guerrero, MexicoConsejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) - Facultad de Ecología Marina, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Acapulco, Guerrero, MexicoConsejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) - Escuela Superior de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Taxco el Viejo, Guerrero, MexicoClimate warming may affect the performance of plants directly through altering vegetative or reproductive traits, and indirectly through modifying interactions with their pollinators. On the other hand, the addition of fertilizers to the soil may increase the quantity and quality of floral rewards, favoring the visitation of pollinators and, consequently, the reproductive success of plants. However, it is still unknown whether fertilizers may counteract the effects of increased temperature on the vegetative, floral, and reproductive traits of plants, as well as on the interaction with their pollinators. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of the input of organic and synthetic fertilizers on several vegetative and floral traits, and on the rate of legitimate floral visitors and reproductive success of the squash during two seasons, under a scenario of an increase in ambient temperature. During the dry and the rainy seasons, three vegetative, eleven floral, and two reproductive traits, as well as the duration of visits and visitation rate of legitimate floral visitors were evaluated in squash plants distributed into six treatments in a bifactorial design: temperature (ambient or elevated temperature) and fertilizer (organic, synthetic or without supplementary fertilizers). Contrary to our predictions, we found that an increase of ~1.5°C in ambient temperature, positively influenced several vegetative, floral, and reproductive traits in this crop, and that organic fertilizers, in general, was not better than synthetic fertilizers in improving those traits. Interestingly, the response of the squash and indirectly on their legitimate floral visitors to the increase of temperature and the input of fertilizers vary widely among seasons, suggesting great temporal variation in plant-pollinator responses to temperature and nutrient availability, which makes food security more unpredictable.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.1012859/fullclimate changeCucurbita pepoecosystem servicefloral traitsglobal warminginsect-pollinated crops |
| spellingShingle | Maribel López-Atanacio Rodrigo Lucas-García Rodrigo Lucas-García Victor Rosas-Guerrero Lorena Alemán-Figueroa José Gabriel Kuk-Dzul Giovanni Hernández-Flores Seasonal variation in the response of a monoecious crop to increased temperature and fertilizers Frontiers in Plant Science climate change Cucurbita pepo ecosystem service floral traits global warming insect-pollinated crops |
| title | Seasonal variation in the response of a monoecious crop to increased temperature and fertilizers |
| title_full | Seasonal variation in the response of a monoecious crop to increased temperature and fertilizers |
| title_fullStr | Seasonal variation in the response of a monoecious crop to increased temperature and fertilizers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seasonal variation in the response of a monoecious crop to increased temperature and fertilizers |
| title_short | Seasonal variation in the response of a monoecious crop to increased temperature and fertilizers |
| title_sort | seasonal variation in the response of a monoecious crop to increased temperature and fertilizers |
| topic | climate change Cucurbita pepo ecosystem service floral traits global warming insect-pollinated crops |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.1012859/full |
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