A comparison of North American and Asian exposure-response data for ozone effects on crop yields

Emberson, LD; Buker, P; Ashmore, MR; Mills, G; Jackson, LS; Agrawal, M; Atikuzzaman, MD; Cinderby, S; Engardt, M; Jamir, C; Kobayashi, K; Oanh, NTK; Quadir, QF; Wahid, A

HERO ID

199297

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

2009

HERO ID 199297
In Press No
Year 2009
Title A comparison of North American and Asian exposure-response data for ozone effects on crop yields
Authors Emberson, LD; Buker, P; Ashmore, MR; Mills, G; Jackson, LS; Agrawal, M; Atikuzzaman, MD; Cinderby, S; Engardt, M; Jamir, C; Kobayashi, K; Oanh, NTK; Quadir, QF; Wahid, A
Journal Atmospheric Environment
Volume 43
Issue 12
Page Numbers 1945-1953
Abstract Modelling-based studies to assess the extent and magnitude of ozone (O-3) risk to agriculture in Asia suggest that yield losses of 5-20% for important crops may be common in areas experiencing elevated O-3 concentrations. These assessments have relied on European and North American dose-response relationships and hence assumed an equivalent Asian crop response to O-3 for local cultivars, pollutant conditions and climate. To test this assumption we collated comparable dose-response data derived from fumigation, filtration and EDU experiments conducted in Asia on wheat. rice and leguminous crop species. These data are pooled and compared with equivalent North American dose-response relationships. The Asian data show that at ambient O-3 concentrations found at the study sites (which vary between similar to 35-75 ppb 4-8 h growing season mean), yield losses for wheat, rice and legumes range between 5-48, 3-47 and 10-65%, respectively. The results indicate that Asian grown wheat and rice cultivars are more sensitive to O-3 than the North American dose-response relationships would suggest. For legumes the scatter in the data makes it difficult to reach any equivalent conclusion in relative sensitivities. As such, existing modelling-based risk assessments may have substantially underestimated the scale of the problem in Asia through use of North American derived dose-response relationships. (c) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Doi 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.01.005
Wosid WOS:000264999900001
Url http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1352231009000090
Is Certified Translation No
Dupe Override No
Comments N1-AprN1-A comparison of North American and Asian exposure-response data for ozone effects on crop yieldsN1-ISI:000264999900001N1-Emberson, L. D. Bueker, P. Ashmore, M. R. Mills, G. Jackson, L. S. Agrawal, M. Atikuzzaman, M. D. Cinderby, S. Engardt, M. Jamir, C. Kobayashi, K. Oanh, N. T. K. Quadir, Q. F. Wahid, A.
Is Public Yes
Keyword Ozone; Crop yield; Asia; Rice; Wheat; Soybean; Food security
Is Qa No
Relationship(s)