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Parameter Estimation of the Farquhar—von Caemmerer—Berry Biochemical Model from Photosynthetic Carbon Dioxide Response Curves

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  • Qingguo Wang

    (Wye Research and Education Center, University of Maryland, Queenstown, MD 21658, USA
    APEC Climate Center, 12 Centum 7-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan 48058, Korea)

  • Jong Ahn Chun

    (APEC Climate Center, 12 Centum 7-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan 48058, Korea)

  • David Fleisher

    (USDA-ARS Crop Systems and Global Change Lab, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA)

  • Vangimalla Reddy

    (USDA-ARS Crop Systems and Global Change Lab, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA)

  • Dennis Timlin

    (USDA-ARS Crop Systems and Global Change Lab, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA)

  • Jonathan Resop

    (Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA)

Abstract

The Farquhar—von Caemmerer—Berry (FvCB) biochemical model of photosynthesis, commonly used to estimate CO 2 assimilation at various spatial scales from leaf to global, has been used to assess the impacts of climate change on crop and ecosystem productivities. However, it is widely known that the parameters in the FvCB model are difficult to accurately estimate. The objective of this study was to assess the methods of Sharkey et al. and Gu et al., which are often used to estimate the parameters of the FvCB model. We generated A n / C i datasets with different data accuracies, numbers of data points, and data point distributions. The results showed that neither method accurately estimated the parameters; however, Gu et al.’s approach provided slightly better estimates. Using Gu et al.’s approach and datasets with measurement errors and the same accuracy as a typical open gas exchange system (i.e., Li-6400 ), the majority of the estimated parameters— V cmax (maximal Rubisco carboxylation rate), K co (effective Michaelis-Menten coefficient for CO 2 ), g m (internal (mesophyll) conductance to CO 2 transport) and Γ * (chloroplastic CO 2 photocompensation point)—were underestimated, while the majority of R d (day respiration) and α (the non-returned fraction of the glycolate carbon recycled in the photorespiratory cycle) were overestimated. The distributions of T p (the r ate of triose phosphate export from the chloroplast) were evenly dispersed around the 1:1 line using both approaches. This study revealed that a high accuracy of leaf gas exchange measurements and sufficient data points are required to correctly estimate the parameters for the biochemical model. The accurate estimation of these parameters can contribute to the enhancement of food security under climate change through accurate predictions of crop and ecosystem productivities. A further study is recommended to address the question of how the measurement accuracies can be improved.

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  • Qingguo Wang & Jong Ahn Chun & David Fleisher & Vangimalla Reddy & Dennis Timlin & Jonathan Resop, 2017. "Parameter Estimation of the Farquhar—von Caemmerer—Berry Biochemical Model from Photosynthetic Carbon Dioxide Response Curves," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(7), pages 1-20, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:9:y:2017:i:7:p:1288-:d:105677
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    1. Yue Li & Lei Zhou & Shaoqiang Wang & Yonggang Chi & Jinghua Chen, 2018. "Leaf Temperature and Vapour Pressure Deficit (VPD) Driving Stomatal Conductance and Biochemical Processes of Leaf Photosynthetic Rate in a Subtropical Evergreen Coniferous Plantation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-13, November.

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