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


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Prosopis glandulosa Torr. [Honey Mesquite]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
13
 
 
 Arithmetic Mean
37.7%
 
 
 Standard Error
5.2%
 
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References
Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

BassiriRad et al. (1998)
growth chamber
47%

 
 

Causin et al. (2004)
Plants grown from seed for 48 days under well-watered and fertilized (N) conditions at a nitrate:ammonium ratios of 1:1 in pots in controlled environment chambers
76%

 
 

Causin et al. (2004)
Plants grown from seed for 48 days under well-watered and fertilized (N) conditions at a nitrate:ammonium ratios of 3:1 in pots in controlled environment chambers
34%

 
 

Derner et al. (2005)
Aboveground biomass after 8 days of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seed in greenhouse bays
29%

 
 

Derner et al. (2005)
Aboveground biomass after 16 days of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seed in greenhouse bays
21%

 
 

Derner et al. (2005)
Aboveground biomass after 24 days of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seed in greenhouse bays
47%

 
 

Derner et al. (2005)
Belowground biomass after 8 days of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seed in greenhouse bays
21%

 
 

Derner et al. (2005)
Belowground biomass after 16 days of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seed in greenhouse bays
32%

 
 

Derner et al. (2005)
Belowground biomass after 24 days of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seed in greenhouse bays
36%

 
 

Polley et al. (1999)
glasshouse, root biomass
34%

 
 

Polley et al. (1999)
glasshouse, shoot biomass
42%

 
 

Polley et al. (2006)
Well watered and fertilized plants grown from the seeds of a variety of honey mesquite families found across a large precipitation gradient in the southern United States. The seedlings were grown for 30 days in pots located within two different glasshouse bays
3 to 70%

 
 

Tischler et al. (2000)
greenhouse
68%

 
 

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