Impacts of increased atmosphericcarbon dioxide concentration and

water viability on coffeeagroecosystem under FACE – First

results

Raquel Ghini

Objective

• Evaluate the impacts of climate change on plant diseases, pests and weeds of important crops of Brazilian agribusiness in order to develop adaptation strategies of control, as well to support elaboration of public policies.

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http://www.macroprograma1.cnptia.embrapa.br/climapest

CP-

Management

CP-

TemperatureCP-CO

2CP-UV-B CP-Maps

Grape

Apple &

peach

Forest

species

Soybean

Corn

Cotton

Palm

treesPasture

Citrus

Cassava

Banana

Mango

Castor

bean

Cocconut

Coffee

Rice

Bean

Sugarcane

Peanut

CO2: 6 OTCs and FACE

CO2

Grape

Apple

and

peach

Forest

species

SoybeanCorn

Cotton

Castor

bean

Pasture

Cassava

Banana

Mango

Coffee

CO2

High CO2

Ambient

CO2

Climapest-FACE

7 ha

Coffee: 35,000

plants

12 rings

10-m diameter

Treatments:

2011-2014: CO2 X Cultivars

2014: CO2 X H2O

CO2: Current concentration X Current

concentration + 200 ppm

Coffee cultivars: Catuaí Vermelho (IAC

144) X Obatã

H2O: - H2O (precipitation) X + H2O (drop

irrigation)

Catuaí

Catuaí

Catuaí

Catuaí

Obatã

Obatã

Obatã

3,5 m

4 mPainel solar

N

S

O

L

2011-2014

Catuaí

3,5 m

4 m– H2O + H2OPainel solar

N

S

O

L

2014

Mar/2009

Feb/2010

Mar/2010

May/2010

May/2010

Feb/2011

Jun/2011

Jun/2011

Aug/2011

Inauguração do FACE, 25 de agosto de 2011

Dec/2011

Feb/2012

Feb/2012

May/2012

May/2012

May/2012

Dec/2012

Jul/2013

May/2014

13 Institutions

CENA/USP IAC

Embrapa Café Instituto Biológico

Embrapa Instrumentação Instituto de Botânica

Embrapa Meio Ambiente Unicamp

Epamig UFV

ESALQ/USP UFLA

INPE

PAs

PA1 – Management

PA2 – Instrumentation

PA3 – Pests, diseases and weeds

PA4 – Multitrophic interactions

PA5 - Plants

PA6- Soil

Results:

> Photosynthesis

> Plant height

> Stem diameter

< N foliar

> Yield

> Caffeine

= fungi detected in grains

(leaf miner)

= parasitoids and predated mines

Biomass production, elemental and fibre composition of Brachiaria produced

under free air carbon dioxide enrichment conditions

A.L. Abdalla1; R. Ghini2; A.S. Natel1; A.L. Abdalla Filho1; H. Louvandini1; A. Torre Neto3

(1) Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Centre for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, University of Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil(2) Embrapa Environment, Jaguariuna, Sao Paulo, Brazil(3) Embrapa Instrumentation, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Results

Brachiaria decumbensFACE

SE P value+ CO2 - CO2

Byomass availableg MF/m2 1442.15 1151.60 54.185 0.0001

Kg MS/m2 0.377 0.298 0.0164 0.0005

Plant fraction (%)stem 17.92 16.85 0.577 0.1211

leaf 80.10 81.62 0.675 0.0875

Elementar composition(%)

C 44.24 44.13 0.070 0.2967

N 3.17 3.14 0.022 0.5697

S 0.25 0.25 0.003 0.9577

Fiber fractions (g/Kg DM)

NDF 644.21 637.92 3.300 0.1814

ADF 313.59 306.75 2.098 0.0180

LIG 61.42 58.80 2.705 0.5515

CEL 252.17 247.95 3.118 0.2783

HEMC 330.62 331.18 2.413 0.8098

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