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Methane emissions from reproductive organs of pea plants exposed to multiple abiotic factors

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Environmental stressors increase methane (CH4) emissions from plants. Few studies have investigated the interactive effects of multiple abiotic factors on CH4 emissions from plant vegetative organs and almost none from reproductive organs. We examined the combined effects of temperature, ultraviolet-B radiation, and watering regime on aerobic CH4 emissions from plant reproductive parts. Pea (Pisum sativum L. cv. 237J Sundance) plants were grown under two temperature regimes (22/18 °C and 28/24 °C; 16 h light/8 h dark), two levels of UVB radiation (0 and 5 kJ m− 2 day− 1), and two watering regimes (field capacity and wilting point) in controlled-environment growth chambers for over a month, after one week of initial growth under 22/18 oC. Then, CH4 emissions were measured from fully-opened flowers and pods (1-, 5-, and 10-day-old). Higher temperatures decreased flower dry mass, but significantly increased CH4 emissions from flowers. Other individual environmental factors did not affect flower and pod dry mass or CH4 emission. In some cases, however, interactions between or among factors significantly affected pod dry mass and CH4 emissions from flowers and pods, suggesting the synergistic effects of environmental factors on plant-derived CH4. In conclusion, stress factors increased flower and pod CH4 emissions, which had inverse relationships with dry mass of reproductive organs.

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We acknowledge Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada for financial support through a Discovery grant and Mount Saint Vincent University for a Standard Internal Research grant to MMQ. A graduate scholarship from Saudi Cultural Bureau to AMA is greatly acknowledged. We appreciate the useful comments on the manuscript from an Associate Editor and an anonymous referee.

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  2. Department of Biology, Mount Saint Vincent University, 166 Bedford Highway, Halifax, NS, B3M 2J6, Canada

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Abdulmajeed, A.M., Qaderi, M.M. Methane emissions from reproductive organs of pea plants exposed to multiple abiotic factors. Theor. Exp. Plant Physiol. 32, 79–87 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40626-020-00170-1

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