Impact of climate change affects chilling and heat accumulation that phenological development of plant needs, air temperature being determinant for flowering, pollination, and fruit production; but few knowledges are available in the winter and spring climate of Tétouan. The physiological mechanisms of the reproductive cycle that control pollen emission are related with temperature, and different environmental factors regulate strongly the reproductive phases of the plant’s life cycle. However, from an empirical point of view, the alternance between endodormancy and ecodormancy is not well detectable. Our work focuses on determining the heat accumulation periods associated to the thermal balance needed to fulfill the chilling and heat required for budbreak and bloom timing. To evaluate Morus, Pistacia, Quercus and Olea response to changes in chill and heat accumulation rates, the Dynamic Model and the Growing Degree Days Method were used. Regression analyses identified the chilling and forcing periods for these taxa. Over the past 12 years, chill accumulation during tree dormancy increased significantly for most of woody taxa studied, while heat accumulation decreased not significantly for all taxa. Heat accumulation was the main driver of bloom timing, with effects of variation in chill accumulation.
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Chilling and Heat requirements for woody taxa in Tétouan (NW Morocco)
https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1945808/v1
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Heat requirement
Dynamic model
Chilling requirement
Dormancy
Flowering
woody taxa
Tétouan
The physiological behaviour of woody plants with winter-spring flowering is subject to constant variations due to the action of different bioclimatic parameters (Fuertes-Rodríguez et al., 2007). The impact of meteorological parameters on flowering depends on the bioclimatic conditions in different areas (Jato et al., 2004; Hoxha, 2007; Ščevková et al., 2021). Adaptation of phenology to temperature is a topic that is receiving increasing attention (Menzel et al., 2006, 2020; Parmesan et al., 2007).
Before flowering, temperature is considered as the primary factor influencing the growth and development of plants, the maturation of reproductive organs and pollen production (Dahl et al., 2013). Secondary factors, such as photoperiod, temperature and relative humidity, affect the opening of anthers and anthesis. Airborne pollen from anemophilous plants is greatly influenced by meteorological conditions and is dispersed by a tertiary factor, the wind; which acts by its speed and direction (Fuertes-Rodríguez et al., 2007; Rojo et al., 2016; Cianni et al., 2020).
The Mediterranean region is characterized by a changeable climate, especially in spring when temperature varies quickly from one day to another. Moreover, inter-annual variations affect the onset of flowering, its intensity and then pollen production. The air temperature is a good meteorological indicator for the pollen season timing forecast (Achmakh et al., 2015). Forcing models based essentially on heat requirements, measured as degree hours or degree-days above a threshold are suitable to quantify phenological development (Galán et al., 2005). The works involved in estimating the best threshold temperature for plant development in a range of climates have been analyzed for several years both in agronomy and botany, and more recently in reproductive phenology of airborne pollen (Garcia-Mozo et al., 2002, Aguilera et al., 2014, 2015). Depending on several factors in both, the plant and the environment, threshold temperatures vary (Galán et al., 2004; Aguilera et al., 2014; Achmakh et al., 2015).
In addition, several studies have indicated that warm temperatures during the heat period can advance spring phenology (Horvath et al., 2003; Guo et al., 2015; Vitra et al., 2017), but is also likely to be influenced by increased CO2 emissions and frost free days (Ziska et al., 2019). The exposure to chilling temperatures in winter and early spring is needed to break plant endodormancy (Coville, 1920; Schwartz and Hanes, 2010). In this period, which is known as the chilling period, high temperatures may have a negative impact on plant phenology (Xu et al., 2020). Warmer temperatures in early spring affect flushing by shortening the ecodormancy phase (Dantec et al., 2014). Contrariwise, in temperate regions, warmer temperatures during winter can conduct to later endodormancy release or to insufficient chilling for the full release of endodormancy, increasing the heat accumulated for budburst (Wareing, 1953; Sarvas, 1972; Cannell and Smith, 1986; Murray et al., 1989). For example, modeling results in North Atlantic Oceanic (NAO) and Mediterranean regions suggest that a later release of dormancy in plants caused by warmer temperatures would lead to a further delay in the flowering date or insufficient chilling (Legave et al., 2013; Galán et al., 2016). Thus, the role of chilling may become more important with increasing air temperature, warmer temperatures therefore leading to a nonlinear advance in tree reproductive phenology in the future (Chuine et al., 2010; Fu et al., 2012; Laube et al., 2013). Moreover, a recent study in aerobiology shows that over the last 50 years the pollen season of some tree species have advanced in response to the temperature increase (Gehrig and Clot, 2021).
The relation between heat and chilling requirements differs markedly between species (Murray et al., 1989; Cannell, 1997; Vitasse and Basler, 2013). In the next few decades, the leaf unfolding will apparently occur earlier under conditions of recurrent climate change in woody species with a low chilling requirement, while species that require a highly fulfillment of chilling may show constant or even later leaf unfolding date due to an unsatisfied chilling requirements or a later endodormancy release (Murray et al., 1989; Harrington et al., 2010; Morin et al., 2010; Vitasse et al., 2010; Polgar and Primack, 2011; Fu et al., 2012). The rate of chilling and forcing temperatures needed to trigger spring plant phenology varies among species and among different places (Campoy et al., 2012; Vitasse and Basler, 2013; Dantec et al., 2014; Chuine et al., 2016). In general, species tending to develop their leaves and bloom earlier might have a lower chilling requirement for spring phenology (Murray et al., 1989; Fu et al., 2012).
For the quantification of chill, many approaches were used, the Dynamic Model being mainly as the most robust chilling model (Ruiz et al., 2007; Luedeling et al., 2009; Campoy et al., 2011; Zhang and Taylor, 2011; Luedeling and Gassner, 2012), while for determining the heat requirement, the method proposed by Ring et al. (1983) is also a robust model.
In the present study, based on long-term airborne pollen observations in Tétouan, the aim was to determine the timing of chilling and forcing periods, the optimal temperature threshold within the region and to quantify the chilling and heat requirements of Morus, Pistacia, Quercus and Olea in the warm climate of this region.
Tétouan (35°34′N; 5°22′W) is located at 65 ma.s.l. in the northwest of Morocco in the Thermomediterranean belt. It is characterized by a Mediterranean warm subhumid climate (Benabid, 1982) with rainy autumns and winters and dry summers. The annual average temperature is 18.7 °C and mean annual rainfall is 594.7 mm. Depending on the year, December-February are the coldest months and July or August the warmest months (Aboulaich et al., 2013). The prevailing wind directions are those blowing from NE and SW (Aboulaich et al., 2011).
A 7-day volumetric spore trap of Hirst type sampler was used for aerobiological sampling (Hirst, 1952) over a 12 year period (2008-2019). It was installed, 15 m above ground level, on the roof of the Department of Biology of the Faculty of Science (Abdelmalek Essaâdi University; 35°34′N; 5°22′W). Sampling and data analysis were carried out according to the protocol drawn up by the Spanish Aerobiology Network (REA) (Galán et al., 2007) and the minimum requirements of the European Aerobiology Society (EAS) (Galán et al., 2014). The average daily pollen concentrations were expressed as the number of pollen /m3 of air.
The meteorological data were registered by an automatic meteorological station located in our Biology Department of the Faculty of Sciences, where the pollen trap was installed.
The study focused on Morus, Pistacia, Quercus and Olea pollen types in Tétouan during 2008-2019. The main pollen season (MPS) was calculated as described by Velasco et al. (2013), but it was modified given the low pollen concentrations recorded in the Tétouan region, compared to Córdoba, Spain. The threshold daily pollen concentration (pollen/m3) chosen as the start and end of the MPS was as follows:
• Olea: 10 pollen /m3 + 5 days with 10 or more pollen /m3; End= 10 pollen /m3 + 5 days with concentrations below this level.
• Morus, Pistacia, Quercus: 3 pollen /m3 + 5 days with 3 or more pollen /m3; End= 3 pollen /m3 + 5 days with concentrations below this level.
In order to calculate the freezing requirement, we used the dynamic model proposed by Fishman (1987); Chilling portions (CP) were calculated from 1st December to the end of chilling considered as 15 February for every taxa. Threshold temperatures from 9 to 12 °C were tested increasing by 0.5 °C.
For determining the heat requirement, we used the method proposed by Ring et al. (1983). In this method, growing degree-days (GDDº) were calculated using the sum of the difference between daily mean temperatures and threshold temperatures: °D = ∑ (Tmean - Th), then °D is set equal to 0 when threshold was higher than Tmean. Accumulated Heat Units, starting from the day after the chilling accumulation until seven days before blooming. Seven threshold temperatures from 13 to 16 °C were tested increasing by 0.5 °C. The most accurate threshold temperature was chosen for each taxa, taking into account the lowest root mean square error (RMSE) of the predicted (d1) minus the observed (d2) date daily calculating the sum of GDD for each study year (n) (Galán et al., 2005).
Three variables in relation to the heat accumulation period were calculated: (1) the length (in days) of the heat accumulation period (length heat period), which was considered as the time difference between the heat accumulation start date and the end date of the heat accumulation (i.e as the first day of seven days before the start of flowering); (2) the timing difference between the peak of chilling date and the heat period start date (peak_ch/start_ht); and (3) the duration of the period between the peak of chilling date and the peak of flowering date (peak_ch/peak_fl). The number of days was calculated from the 1stDecember of the previous year, taking into account that the chilling portions was calculated from the autumn of the year preceding flowering, and to avoid biasing the calculation in the period between the end of chilling and the start of heat accumulation (seven days before the date of flowering), the DOY of this later was from the 1st December.
To evaluate the effect of heat accumulation period characteristics on the pollen season start in the different studied taxa, Pearson’s parametric correlation analysis was performed.
Variance analysis (one-way ANOVA) was performed to determine the differences in the heat accumulation periods of the different studied taxa. When there were significant differences, a post-hoc Tukey test was performed. The analyses have been executed by the IBMSPSS 20.0 Statistics Software package.
Linear regression was made to analyze temporal trends of chilling and heat accumulation during respective periods for Morus, Pistacia, Quercus and Olea during 2008-2019. The Mann-Kendall test, a tool commonly used for time series analysis, was undertaken for trends statistical significance (Tao et al., 2006).Linear regression was used to study the interrelation between chilling and heat accumulation and mean temperature variations during the corresponding chilling and forcing periods. Results were evaluated for significance using analysis of variance.
The dates corresponding to the pollen season start (PSS) are shown in Table 1. The most common PSS of Morus and Pistacia is late March, the mean date being 15th March, 25th March, respectively. For Quercus and Olea, the mean PSS occurred in the first fortnight of April (5th April, 17th April) respectively (Table 1).
|
Study period |
Morus |
Pistacia |
Quercus |
Olea |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Date |
DOY |
Date |
DOY |
Date |
DOY |
Date |
DOY |
|
|
2007–2008 |
2 March |
93 |
14 March |
105 |
15 March |
106 |
1 April |
123 |
|
2008–2009 |
8 March |
99 |
13 March |
104 |
28 March |
119 |
5 April |
127 |
|
2009–2010 |
26 March |
117 |
27 March |
118 |
31 March |
122 |
20 April |
142 |
|
2010–2011 |
11 March |
102 |
20 March |
111 |
26 March |
117 |
19 April |
141 |
|
2011–2012 |
16 March |
107 |
18 March |
109 |
15 April |
136 |
23 April |
145 |
|
2012–2013 |
13 March |
104 |
26 March |
117 |
16 April |
138 |
22 April |
144 |
|
2013–2014 |
20 March |
111 |
20 March |
111 |
23 March |
114 |
5 April |
127 |
|
2014–2015 |
11 March |
102 |
26 March |
117 |
25 March |
116 |
22 April |
144 |
|
2015–2016 |
15 March |
106 |
30 March |
121 |
6 April |
128 |
6 May |
158 |
|
2016–2017* |
20 March |
111 |
13 April |
135 |
1 April |
123 |
||
|
2017–2018 |
12 March |
103 |
3 April |
125 |
23 April |
145 |
4 May |
156 |
|
2018–2019 |
17 March |
108 |
4 April |
126 |
10 April |
132 |
31 March |
122 |
|
Mean value |
15 March |
105 |
25 March |
115 |
5 April |
126 |
17 April |
138 |
|
SD |
6 |
8 |
12 |
13 |
||||
| * The values were low to calculate the pollen season for Pistacia. | ||||||||
Similar average peak chilling and end dates were recorded for the studied taxa. The average of the peak chilling dates for all studied taxa was 22 January and the average of the end of chilling dates occurred as17 February. The chilling accumulation were calculated from the first December to the end of chilling over 12 years differed between years and registered an average of 18.70 CP for all taxa (Fig. 1). As the chilling amounts were similar, the average heat accumulation start dates was also similar for all taxa and recorded in 18 February (81 DOY). When the growing degree-days (GDD) were calculated, GDD values showed an interannual fluctuations, with highest annual values in 2010 for Morus, Pistacia and Quercus, and in 2016 for Olea. As regards, cumulated heat between taxa, Olea recorded the highest values, whereas Morus showed the lowest values (Fig. 1). Averages GDD ranged between 4 and 30 GDD for Morus and Olea respectively (Table 2)
|
Taxa |
End-ch (DOY) |
Peak-ch (DOY) |
Start-ht (DOY) |
Peak-fl (DOY) |
Threshold (°C) |
GDD |
Peak-ch/Start-ht (Days) |
Length heat period (Days) |
Peak-ch/Peak-fl (Days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Morus |
80 ± 12 |
53 ± 10 |
81 ± 11 |
119 ± 5 |
16 |
4 ± 5 |
29 ± 11 |
17 ± 9 |
66 ± 10 |
|
Pistacia |
80 ± 12 |
53 ± 10 |
81 ± 11 |
124 ± 5 |
16 |
9 ± 6 |
29 ± 11 |
28 ± 9 |
71 ± 9 |
|
Quercus |
80 ± 12 |
53 ± 10 |
81 ± 11 |
143 ± 9 |
16 |
12 ± 8 |
29 ± 11 |
37 ± 9 |
90 ± 12 |
|
Olea |
80 ± 12 |
53 ± 10 |
81 ± 11 |
160 ± 10 |
16 |
30 ± 20 |
29 ± 11 |
49 ± 11 |
108 ± 11 |
For the average flowering peak dates, significant differences between these taxa were found (F = 27.882; P < 0.001). Here, three groups were observed (Fig. 2). The averages peak of flowering dates in Tétouan were on 29 March (119 DOY) for Morus, on 03 April for Pistacia (124DOY), on22 April (143 DOY) for Quercus and on9 May(160 DOY) for Olea (Table 2). A Significant difference was reported also for the length of the heat accumulation period (F = 3.756; P < 0.01) (Fig. 2), which Olea revealed the highest mean value (49 days), followed by Quercus (37 days), Pistacia (28 days) and Morus (17 days). Here, two groups were noticed (Table 2, Fig. 2).
A clear difference was recorded for the time period between the peak of chilling date and the peak of flowering date with three groups listed (F = 12.823; P < 0.001); while, the time period from the peak of chilling to the heat period start date), recorded the same value for the taxa studied (Fig. 2). For the first parameter, Olea showed the highest mean value, followed by Quercus and Pistacia (108, 90, 71days, respectively). The time period from the peak of chilling to the peak of flowering showed the lowest value for Morus, which was 66 days. For the second parameter, the time period from the peak of chilling to the heat period was identical for all species (29 days) (Table 2).
Correlation analysis was fulfilled for the relationships between the heat accumulation period characteristics for all taxa studied. Only the start date of the heat accumulation period correlated significantly and positively with the peak chilling date, showing a similar coefficient of correlation (r = 0.694; P < 0.05). Non-significant coefficients were obtained for the other parameters considered in this analysis.
Chilling accumulation for Olea in Tétouan showed a significant trend, increasing by 2.54 CP per year (P < 0.01) during 2008–2019 (Fig. 3). However, Chilling accumulation decreased as mean temperatures increased during the chilling period of Olea, but the trend was not significant during the past 12 years (Fig. 4). Heat accumulation during the forcing period showed a slight and non-significant negative trend (Fig. 3), whereas, rising mean temperatures during the forcing period increased heat accumulation by 7.66 GDD/°C (Fig. 4).
A similar response of chilling and heat accumulation occurred for Morus, Quercus and Pistacia showing a significant increasing of chilling accumulation over time by 2.54 CP per year (P < 0.01)was observed (Fig. 3). Chilling accumulation decreased during chilling period when the mean temperatures increased but not significantly. Rising mean temperatures during the forcing period increased heat accumulation of Morus, Pistacia and Quercus by 1.40, 1.63, 3.05 GDD/°C, respectively (Fig. 4). However, the trend decreased not significantly for heat accumulation (Fig. 3).
The phenological response of spring-flowering woody species to temperature has been widely approved and correlates very well with the air temperature (Spano et al., 1999; Menzel, 2002). After flower bud break, morphological development requires a certain thermal contribution to continue to develop after their latent phase (Orlandi et al., 2002; Anderson et al., 2005; Foley et al., 2009). In general, our results confirm a clear relationship between the beginning of pollination and air temperature.
It is commonly accepted that heat is only effective after sufficient chill has been met (Cannell and Smith, 1983; Fuchigami and Nee, 1987; Cesaraccio et al., 2004; Rea and Eccel, 2006). The models to estimate chill accumulation are under disagreement due to their variability among climates and the lack of physiological knowledge involved in their development (Luedeling, 2012). The choice of which type of model to use is often made a priori in phenology modeling studies, and models are then fitted to available data (Guo et al., 2013).
The chilling requirement based on “chill portions” has been considered as one of the best models for temperate nuts and fruits (Luedeling et al., 2009; Zhang and Taylor, 2011; Guo et al., 2013). This Dynamic Model has been found to be effective for other woody species (Xu et al. 2020), naming apricot (Zhuang et al., 2016; Benmoussa et al., 2017), olive (Aguilera et al., 2013), apple (Parkes et al., 2020), pistachio (Zhang and Taylor, 2011; Benmoussa et al., 2017), walnut (Luedeling et al., 2009), almond (Benmoussa et al., 2017) and cherry (Luedeling et al., 2013a). As a result, we kept the same parameter values proposed by Fishman et al. (1987) to calculate the chill portions of four taxa in this study. The Dynamic Model has often been found to be the most suitable among common chill models, especially in warm regions (Benmoussa et al., 2017).
The biothermic requirements that govern the different phenological development of the woody species in Mediterranean areas and estimated by different methodologies and threshold temperatures were the objective of numerous studies (Alba and de la Guardia, 1998; Galán et al., 2005; Bonofiglio et al., 2008; Aguilera et al., 2014, 2015; Achmakh et al., 2015). Although numerous methods for calculating GDD have been reported, agreement in estimating the best threshold temperatures has not received widespread acceptance (Ruml et al., 2010; Achmakh et al., 2015).The threshold temperature resulting effective in this research differs from those recorded for woody species in previous studies. The base temperatures reported ranged between 5 and 12.5°C for Olea in Andalusia region and Italy (Galán et al., 2005; Orlandi et al., 2006), between 0 and 25°C in Tunis (Aguilera et al., 2014) and between 4 and 12°C for Quercus in different climatic zones in Spain (Garcia-Mozo et al., 2000). Previously in the area of Tétouan, threshold temperatures of 10 and 7°C performed well at forecasting the initiation of pollen season and full anthesis of O. europaea, respectively (Achmakh et al., 2015). This fact can be considered to depend mainly on methodology used both to begin the heat accumulation and to statistically evaluate the best GDD threshold temperatures. Indeed, in the previous study undertaken in Tétouan, Achmakh et al. (2015) tested a range of base temperatures from 0 to 10°C. Aguilera et al. (2014) reported that the thresholds values decrease proportionally as the latitude increases, different threshold were obtained and ranged from 16°C in Perugia to 23°C in Zarzis. These results showed that the lower threshold or base temperature may vary between geographical areas. A relationship may exist between specific climatic conditions and taxa (Benmoussa et al., 2017). However, we have observed that the threshold temperatures are the same for the four taxa studied.
The peak of chilling, i.e. the day of the year with the maximum accumulation of positive chilling portions, has not been considered as the day to begin the heat accumulation in any taxa studied. This later fitted as the day after the end of chilling. This result suggests, despite arriving at the peak chilling day, the chilling requirements have not been met and the endodormancy phase release would need more days of chilling (Lang, 1987).
According to several studies, chilling and heat accumulation appeared discontinuous (Guo et al., 2013; Benmoussa et al., 2017) due to different physiological processes inside the bud that happen during different stages within the chilling and forcing periods. Dormancy initiation and release and plants sensitivity to chill are governed by genetical, genomic and physiological mechanisms (Ríos et al., 2014). Other factors such as endogenous signals, temperature, photoperiod and water availability regulate the flowering transition (Benmoussa et al., 2017).
Moreover, when buds chilling is met and conditions are favorable for budbreak, the active phenological development starts (De la Rosa et al., 2000). In this regard, the results of the present study demonstrate a good approximation. Here, for all studied taxa, the cumulative chilling decline after the peak of chilling provided the best start date to begin the heat accumulation period.
On these terms, a period of approximatively one month between the peak of chilling and the heat accumulation start date was detected for all taxa, accumulating the same amount of chilling. However, different GDD were required for their flowering onset. This finding might indicate that in woody species flowering in early spring, such as Morus, Pistacia and Quercus species, endodormancy release occurs earlier which is consequently related to their adaptative capacity to the environment concerned. However, for Olea, the endodormancy release seems to occur later. Indeed, Aguilera et al. (2014) suggested that a delay in the peak flowering date of olive observed in the Italian and Spanish areas might be provoked by a long transition between the end of endodormancy and the initiation of ecodormancy. Several studies have reported that, for the olive, low temperatures are needed only to break dormancy in previously initiated buds, as occurs in other fruit-tree species (Pinney and Polito, 1990; Rallo and Martin, 1991; Fernández-Escobar et al., 1992).
Summer temperature, winter chilling units and heat accumulation in woody species have been studied by numerous authors (Arnold, 1959; Frenguelli and Bricchi, 1998; Chuine et al., 1999; Garcia-Mozo et al., 2000; Galán et al., 2001) in order to clarify their involvement in the settlement and intensity of dormancy as well as cold acclimatisation. In the Tingitana peninsula, the coldest temperature is recorded during December-February (Aboulaich et al., 2013). Chilling requirements were not completely met under present climate conditions and insufficient in 2009 and 2010 for all populations, due to a warm winter. This result suggests that woody species in the southern of the Mediterranean sea need more heat than chilling showing their natural plasticity. However, the physiological effects of suboptimal chilling/forcing combinations should be investigated by horticultural researchers, which may have implications on crop yield or quality (Luedeling et al., 2013b).
The different results observed in chilling and heat requirements between flower and vegetative buds may be due to different environmental factors during the growing plant ‘life cycle (Rahemi and Pakkish, 2009). Thus chilling and heat requirement amounts vary between years to year depending on photoperiod, plant nutrition (Powell, 1987), temperature (Jacobs et al., 2002) and other environmental factors, may change the (Rahemi and Pakkish, 2009).
In our analysis, chill accumulation trend showed a significant increase for most of taxa studied over the past 12 years. This could be due to the significant decreasing trend of annual and monthly minimum temperatures observed in Tétouan in our previous study (Boullayali et al., 2021). Heat accumulation increased significantly with rising mean temperatures during the forcing period. However, during 2008–2019, heat accumulation trend of Morus, Olea, Pistacia and Quercus decreased by -0.89 to -0.19 GDD per year. These tendencies in heat requirements have been related to abundant chill accumulated, this conclusion was also confirmed by Alburquerque et al. (2008).
Corresponding with many other studies, heat accumulation is the main driver for flowering dates of woody taxa. Similarly, to this study, Guo et al. (2013) demonstrated in the cold winter climate of Beijing that forcing effects were much stronger than those of chilling on chestnut and jujube. Alonso et al. (2005) showed a similar result on almond in the cool climate of Zaragoza in northeast Spain. Sparks (1993) indicated that bud break of pecan could occur even when no chill is accumulated, and heat requirements are satisfied. In contrast, Egea et al. (2003) showed that in Spain the initiation of flowering of almond cultivars was influenced mostly by chilling requirements, with a little heat requirements contributing. This result was corroborated by other Studies concerning namely apricot, almond, pistachio and sweet cherry cultivars (Ruiz et al., 2007; Alburquerque et al., 2008; Rahemi and Pakkish, 2009; Campoy et al., 2012).
Regarding our results, it seems that warming due to increasing mean temperature during some parts of the dormancy season decreased chill accumulation rates, whereas the chill trend increased during the whole period studied. Since chilling requirements of woody taxa are met in all winters under present climate conditions of Tétouan, changes in winter chill may cause delays in spring phases in the near future. In contrast, impacts due to climate change are thus likely to arise from increased rates of heat accumulation rather than from changes in chill (Guo et al., 2013). These two figures may translate into delayed bud break and partial flowering compromising fruit production and resulting in low yield production.
Adaptation of phenology to temperature is the subject of numerous studies. Thermal balance of chilling and heat requirements is necessary for metabolic activation and budbreak time in woody taxa. Based on long-term aerobiological observations in Tétouan, our results determine the timing of chilling and forcing periods, the optimal temperature threshold within the region and quantify the chilling and heat requirements of taxa studied in the warm climate of this region. During the past 12 years, heat accumulation of Morus, Olea, Pistacia and Quercus decreased by -0.56; -0.89; -0.19; -0.30 GDD per year, respectively. Flowering dates of all taxa were determined by heat accumulation, when ecodormancy is met, with chill accumulation contributing a small effect on bloom timing. In woody species flowering in early spring, endodormancy release occurs earlier. However, for late spring specie, it was observed later suggesting a long transition between the end of endodormancy and the onset of ecodormancy. Since chilling requirements of woody taxa were achieved under present climate conditions, changes in winter chill may cause delays in spring phases in the near future.
Acknowledgements
We thank Mr. Mohamed KADIRI, Mr. Mestapha HASSOUN from Algology-Mycology team, and Mr. Khalil KADAOUI from Bio-Agrodiversity team for helpful, discussions and comments.
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AB and HB methodology, formal analysis, writing, editing, and finalizing the manuscript. CG and MM-B, methodology, review, provided critical suggestions & editing the manuscript. All authors read and approved the manuscript.
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