Critical analysis of the potential of Psidium guajava cv Paluma (guava tree) for ozone biomonitoring under seasonal subtropical climate
Psidium guajava cv. Paluma (guava) has been emphasized as good indicator of phytotoxic tropospheric O3 levels in studies conducted under both controlled and field conditions. However, its performance as bioindicator was never critically evaluated under subtropical climate featured by well-defined we...
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| author | Beatriz Barbosa de Souza Marisa Domingos Carla Zuliani Sandrin Camargo Patricia Bulbovas |
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| description | Psidium guajava cv. Paluma (guava) has been emphasized as good indicator of phytotoxic tropospheric O3 levels in studies conducted under both controlled and field conditions. However, its performance as bioindicator was never critically evaluated under subtropical climate featured by well-defined wet and dry seasons. The current field study provided new contributions on this aspect. Guava cv. Paluma plants were exposed to ozone in several locations of a metropolitan region in SE Brazil - which is featured by well-defined climate seasonality - to collect data to be used to describe seasonal and spatial variations in leaf injury index and in other leaf traits. Multilinear biomonitoring model was also adjusted for different O3 pollution descriptors (daily O3 concentration, AOT40, SUM00 and SUM60), meteorological conditions (air temperature and relative humidity, solar radiation, and vapor pressure deficit) and morphological leaf traits (visible leaf injury, leaf area, leaf dry mass, and leaf mass per leaf area). Visible leaf injuries tended to be higher in locations near the industrial pole. Autumn was the season when guava plants recorded the highest leaf injury caused by O3. Linear regression analysis did not indicate significant association between different O3 descriptors and mean leaf injury; however, multilinear regression analysis has shown that other independent variables increased the bioindicator model’s explicability (R2 = 0.67). Mean leaf injury observed for the 3rd, 4th and 5th oldest guava cv. Paluma leaves were predicted based on combined effects of air temperature and relative humidity, as well as on O3 expressed as AOT40. The other leaf traits were excluded from the multilinear model. The adjusted model was validated as significant tool for future studies about air quality in subtropical regions with seasonal climate. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6f38dda4779a4e4f817000fe85a14ed92022-12-22T04:04:44ZengElsevierEcological Indicators1470-160X2022-10-01143109296Critical analysis of the potential of Psidium guajava cv Paluma (guava tree) for ozone biomonitoring under seasonal subtropical climateBeatriz Barbosa de Souza0Marisa Domingos1Carla Zuliani Sandrin Camargo2Patricia Bulbovas3Mestrado em Análise Geoambiental, Universidade Guarulhos, Guarulhos, SP, BrazilNúcleo de Conservação da Biodiversidade, Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais, São Paulo, SP, BrazilNúcleo de Conservação da Biodiversidade, Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais, São Paulo, SP, BrazilMestrado em Análise Geoambiental, Universidade Guarulhos, Guarulhos, SP, Brazil; Corresponding author.Psidium guajava cv. Paluma (guava) has been emphasized as good indicator of phytotoxic tropospheric O3 levels in studies conducted under both controlled and field conditions. However, its performance as bioindicator was never critically evaluated under subtropical climate featured by well-defined wet and dry seasons. The current field study provided new contributions on this aspect. Guava cv. Paluma plants were exposed to ozone in several locations of a metropolitan region in SE Brazil - which is featured by well-defined climate seasonality - to collect data to be used to describe seasonal and spatial variations in leaf injury index and in other leaf traits. Multilinear biomonitoring model was also adjusted for different O3 pollution descriptors (daily O3 concentration, AOT40, SUM00 and SUM60), meteorological conditions (air temperature and relative humidity, solar radiation, and vapor pressure deficit) and morphological leaf traits (visible leaf injury, leaf area, leaf dry mass, and leaf mass per leaf area). Visible leaf injuries tended to be higher in locations near the industrial pole. Autumn was the season when guava plants recorded the highest leaf injury caused by O3. Linear regression analysis did not indicate significant association between different O3 descriptors and mean leaf injury; however, multilinear regression analysis has shown that other independent variables increased the bioindicator model’s explicability (R2 = 0.67). Mean leaf injury observed for the 3rd, 4th and 5th oldest guava cv. Paluma leaves were predicted based on combined effects of air temperature and relative humidity, as well as on O3 expressed as AOT40. The other leaf traits were excluded from the multilinear model. The adjusted model was validated as significant tool for future studies about air quality in subtropical regions with seasonal climate.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X22007683Psidium guajavaSubtropical bioindicatorMultivariate analysisSubtropical climate |
| spellingShingle | Beatriz Barbosa de Souza Marisa Domingos Carla Zuliani Sandrin Camargo Patricia Bulbovas Critical analysis of the potential of Psidium guajava cv Paluma (guava tree) for ozone biomonitoring under seasonal subtropical climate Ecological Indicators Psidium guajava Subtropical bioindicator Multivariate analysis Subtropical climate |
| title | Critical analysis of the potential of Psidium guajava cv Paluma (guava tree) for ozone biomonitoring under seasonal subtropical climate |
| title_full | Critical analysis of the potential of Psidium guajava cv Paluma (guava tree) for ozone biomonitoring under seasonal subtropical climate |
| title_fullStr | Critical analysis of the potential of Psidium guajava cv Paluma (guava tree) for ozone biomonitoring under seasonal subtropical climate |
| title_full_unstemmed | Critical analysis of the potential of Psidium guajava cv Paluma (guava tree) for ozone biomonitoring under seasonal subtropical climate |
| title_short | Critical analysis of the potential of Psidium guajava cv Paluma (guava tree) for ozone biomonitoring under seasonal subtropical climate |
| title_sort | critical analysis of the potential of psidium guajava cv paluma guava tree for ozone biomonitoring under seasonal subtropical climate |
| topic | Psidium guajava Subtropical bioindicator Multivariate analysis Subtropical climate |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X22007683 |
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