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


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Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash [Little Bluestem]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
9
 
 
 Arithmetic Mean
18.2%
 
 
 Standard Error
9%
 
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Lau et al. (2008)

Plants grown from seed out-of-doors under FACE conditions as part of the BioCON experiment at Cedar Creek Natural History Area, Minnesota (USA) for a period of three months under natural soil N conditions (0 g N per m2)
11%

 

 

Lau et al. (2008)

Plants grown from seed out-of-doors under FACE conditions as part of the BioCON experiment at Cedar Creek Natural History Area, Minnesota (USA) for a period of three months under enhanced soil N conditions (4 g N per m2)
62%

 

 

Lau et al. (2008)

Plants grown from seed out-of-doors under FACE conditions as part of the BioCON experiment at Cedar Creek Natural History Area, Minnesota (USA) for a period of three months under natural soil N conditions (0 g N per m2) from seed produced by populations of plants that had been growing under CO2-enriched conditions for the prior five growing seasons
-19%

 

 

Lau et al. (2008)

Plants grown from seed out-of-doors under FACE conditions as part of the BioCON experiment at Cedar Creek Natural History Area, Minnesota (USA) for a period of three months under enhanced soil N conditions (4 g N per m2) from seed produced by populations of plants that had been growing under CO2-enriched conditions for the prior five growing seasons
36%

 

 

Lau et al. (2008)

Plants grown from seedling stage to maturity in containers filled with potting soil within the different FACE rings of the BioCON experiment at the Cedar Creek Natural History Area, Minnesota (USA)
11%

 

 

LeCain and Morgan (1998)

Well-watered and fertilized C4 plants grown from seed in 8-liter pots for 39 days in controlled environment chambers
47%

 

 

Reich et al. (2001)

FACE
-10%

 

 

Volin et al. (1998)

controlled-environment chamber, low ozone
-11%

 

 

Volin et al. (1998)

controlled-environment chamber,high ozone
37%

 

 

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