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


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Lotus corniculatus L. [Birdfoot Deer Vetch]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
8
 
 
 Arithmetic Mean
49.3%
 
 
 Standard Error
12.9%
 
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Carter et al. (1997)

greenhouse, day/night temp 18/10°C
22%

 

 

Carter et al. (1997)

greenhouse, day/night temp 18/10°C,water-stressed
70%

 

 

Carter et al. (1997)

greenhouse, day/night temp 25/15°C
-1%

 

 

Carter et al. (1997)

greenhouse, day/night temp 25/15°C,water-stressed
22%

 

 

Ferris and Taylor (1993)

growth chambers, shoots
105%

 

 

Ferris and Taylor (1993)

growth chambers, roots
101%

 

 

Goverde et al. (2004)

Plants grown from seed for three months in tubes recessed into the ground under natural conditions in a calcareous grassland where CO2 was supplied via a screen-aided CO2 control (SACC) system; low phosphorus soil
28%

 

 

Goverde et al. (2004)

Plants grown from seed for three months in tubes recessed into the ground under natural conditions in a calcareous grassland where CO2 was supplied via a screen-aided CO2 control (SACC) system; high phosphorus soil
47%

 

 

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