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


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Populus trichocarpa x Populus deltoides [Hybrid Poplar]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
7
 
 
 Arithmetic Mean
76.7%
 
 
 Standard Error
23.4%
 
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Ceulemans et al. (1995)

open-top chamber
21%

 

 

Ceulemans et al. (1996)

open-top chambers, first year
36%

 

 

Ceulemans et al. (1996)

open-top chambers, second year
100%

 

 

Gardner et al. (2005)

Year one biomass of pre-flushed hardwood stem cuttings grown for two seasons in open-top chambers
33%

 

 

Gardner et al. (2005)

Year two biomass of pre-flushed hardwood stem cuttings grown for two seasons in open-top chambers
27%

 

 

Rae et al. (2007)

Biomass (as approximated from stem volume data) of hybrid plants (53-242) grown from cuttings for 152 days in John Innes no. 2 compost (lime free) in plastic tubes (91 cm high, 15 cm diameter) buried to a depth of 10 cm out-of-doors in open-top chambers
200%

 

 

Rae et al. (2007)

Biomass (as approximated from stem volume data) of hybrid plants (53-246) grown from cuttings for 152 days in John Innes no. 2 compost (lime free) in plastic tubes (91 cm high, 15 cm diameter) buried to a depth of 10 cm out-of-doors in open-top chambers
120%

 

 

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