Effects of increased temperature and water deficit in future climate simulation on the dinamic of stable carbon isotopes of Panicum maximum (Jacq.) cv. Mombaça

• Grant number: 17/24756-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2018
• End date: July 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Botany - Pant Physiology
• Principal Investigator: Carlos Alberto Martinez y Huaman
• Grantee: Gustavo Delvecchio
• Supervisor: Miquel Gonzalez-Meler
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 16/12853-6 - Impact of increased temperature and water deficit in future climate simulation on the physiological and productive performance of two tropical forage species, BP.IC

Abstract

This study proposes to evaluate the effects of the water soil shortage and increased air temperature on carbon dynamic and water use efficiency of a forage specie, Panicum maximum, given that in Brazil it is one of the most important forage species used as livestock fodder. These parameters are very important on the understanding of the climate change effects on this specie's productivity.