Percent Dry Weight (Biomass) Increases for
300, 600 and 900 ppm Increases in the Air's CO2 Concentration:


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Caragana intermedia Kuanget H.C. Fu [Deciduous Shrub of Semi-arid Northern China]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
6
 
 
 Arithmetic Mean
54.5%
 
 
 Standard Error
4.5%
 
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Xiao et al. (2005)

Total biomass of well-watered (60-70%field capacity) seedlings grown for 3.5 months in 10-cm-high, 10-cm-diamter pots filled with sand in greenhouse compartments maintained at different CO2 concentrations
68%

 

 

Xiao et al. (2005)

Total biomass of moderate-watered (45-55% field capacity) seedlings grown for 3.5 months in 10-cm-high, 10-cm-diamter pots filled with sand in greenhouse compartments maintained at different CO2 concentrations
52%

 

 

Xiao et al. (2005)

Total biomass of drought-stressed (30-40% field capacity) seedlings grown for 3.5 months in 10-cm-high, 10-cm-diamter pots filled with sand in greenhouse compartments maintained at different CO2 concentrations
45%

 

 

Xu et al. (2007)

Well-fertilized plants grown from seed for 115 days within environmental growth chambers in pots filled with sandy soil maintained at a soil relative water content of 60-70% (adequate moisture)
69%

 

 

Xu et al. (2007)

Well-fertilized plants grown from seed for 115 days within environmental growth chambers in pots filled with sandy soil maintained at a soil relative water content of 45-55% (moderate drought)
54%

 

 

Xu et al. (2007)

Well-fertilized plants grown from seed for 115 days within environmental growth chambers in pots filled with sandy soil maintained at a soil relative water content of 30-40% (severe drought)
39%

 

 

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