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Article Dans Une Revue Plant, Cell and Environment Année : 2017

Increased light-use efficiency sustains net primary productivity of shaded coffee plants in agroforestry system

Peter Lehner
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In agroforestry systems, shade trees strongly affect the physiology of the undergrown crop. However, a major paradigm is that the reduction in absorbed photosynthetically active radiation is, to a certain extent, compensated by an increase in light-use efficiency, thereby reducing the difference in net primary productivity between shaded and non-shaded plants. Due to the large spatial heterogeneity in agroforestry systems and the lack of appropriate tools, the combined effects of such variables have seldom been analysed, even though they may help understand physiological processes underlying yield dynamics. In this study, we monitored net primary productivity, during two years, on scales ranging from individual coffee plants to the entire plot. Absorbed radiation was mapped with a 3D model (MAESPA). Light-use efficiency and net assimilation rate were derived for each coffee plant individually. We found that although irradiance was reduced by 60% below crowns of shade trees, coffee light-use efficiency increased by 50%, leaving net primary productivity fairly stable across all shade levels. Variability of aboveground net primary productivity of coffee plants was caused primarily by the age of the plants and by intraspecific competition among them (drivers usually overlooked in the agroforestry literature) rather than by the presence of shade trees.

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hal-01567220 , version 1 (21-07-2017)

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Fabien Charbonnier, Olivier Roupsard, Guerric Le Maire, Joannes Guillemot, Fernando Casanoves, et al.. Increased light-use efficiency sustains net primary productivity of shaded coffee plants in agroforestry system. Plant, Cell and Environment, 2017, 40 (8), pp.1592-1608. ⟨10.1111/pce.12964⟩. ⟨hal-01567220⟩
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