Phenotypic variation from waterlogging in multiple perennial ryegrass varieties under climate change conditions.

ABSTRACT: Identifying how various components of climate change will influence ecosystems and vegetation subsistence will be fundamental to mitigate negative effects. Climate change-induced waterlogging is understudied in comparison to temperature and CO₂. Grasslands are especially vulnerable through the connection with global food security, with perennial ryegrass dominating many flood-prone pasturelands in North-western Europe. We investigated the effect of long-term waterlogging on phenotypic responses of perennial ryegrass using four common varieties (one diploid and three tetraploid) grown in atmospherically controlled growth chambers during two months of peak growth. The climate treatments compare ambient climatological conditions in North-western Europe to the RCP8.5 climate change

SUBMITTER: Frisk CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9387306 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature