Dry Weight (Biomass) References
Andropogon gerardii Vitman [Big Bluestem]


Hamerlynck, E.P., McAllister, C.A., Knapp, A.K., Ham, J.M. and Owensby, C.E. 1997. Photosynthetic gas exchange and water relation responses of three tallgrass prairie species to elevated carbon dioxide and moderate drought. International Journal of Plant Sciences 158: 608-616.

Kakani, V.G. and Reddy, K.R. 2007. Temperature response of C4 species big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) is modified by growing carbon dioxide concentration. Environmental and Experimental Botany 61: 281-290.

Knapp, A.K., Hamerlynck, E.P. and Owensby, C.E. 1993. Photosynthetic and water relations responses to elevated CO2 in the C4 grass Andropogon gerardii. International Journal of Plant Sciences 154: 459-466.

LeCain, D.R. and Morgan, J.A. 1998. Growth, gas exchange, leaf nitrogen and carbohydrate concentrations in NAD-ME and NADP-ME C4 grasses grown in elevated CO2. Physiologia Plantarum 102: 297-306.

Millhollen, A.G., Obrist, D. and Gustin, M.S. 2006. Mercury accumulation in grass and forb species as a function of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and mercury exposures in air and soil. Chemosphere 65: 889-897.

Reich, P.B., Tilman, D., Craine, J., Ellsworth, D., Tjoelker, M.G., Knops, J., Wedin, D., Naeem, S., Bahauddin, D., Goth, J., Bengtson, W. and Lee, T.D. 2001. Do species and funtional groups differ in acquisition and use of C, N and water under varying atmospheric CO2 and N availability regimes? A field test with 16 grassland species. New Phytologist 150: 435-448.

Singh, B., Singh, S.K., Matcha, S.K., Kakani, V.G., Wijewardana, C., Chastain, D., Gao, W. and Reddy, K.R. 2019. Parental environmental effects on seed quality and germination response to temperature of Andropogon gerardii. Agronomy 9: 304, doi:10.3390/agronomy9060304.


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