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


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Solanum tuberosum L. [White Potato]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
36
17
1
 Arithmetic Mean
29.5%
59.6%
71%
 Standard Error
3.3%
9
0%

Individual Experiement Results

Journal References
Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Chen and Setter (2003)
growth chambers, tuber initiation stage, tuber
31%

 
 

Chen and Setter (2003)
growth chambers, tuber initiation stage, tuber, shade
10%

 
 

Chen and Setter (2003)
growth chambers, tuber initiation stage, total biomass
72%

 
 

Chen and Setter (2003)
growth chambers, tuber initiation stage, total biomass, shade
17%

 
 

Chen and Setter (2003)
growth chambers, tuber bulking stage, tuber
31%

 
 

Chen and Setter (2003)
growth chambers, tuber bulking stage, tuber, shade
51%

 
 

Chen and Setter (2003)
growth chambers, tuber bulking stage,total biomass
39%

 
 

Chen and Setter (2003)
growth chambers, tuber bulking stage,total biomass, shade
 

 
 

Chen and Setter (2012)
Single-stem biomass of well-watered and irrigated plants grown one to each 12-L pot within controlled-environment chambers for four weeks of CO2 enrichment prior to tuber initiation
23%

 
 

Chen and Setter (2012)
Single-stem biomass of well-watered and irrigated plants grown one to each 12-L pot within controlled-environment chambers for four weeks, with CO2 enrichment applied only during for the first two weeks of tuber growth
31%

 
 

Chen and Setter (2012)
Single-stem biomass of well-watered and irrigated plants grown one to each 12-L pot within controlled-environment chambers for four weeks, with CO2 enrichment only applied during the third and fourth weeks after the beginning of tuber growth
34%

 
 

Conn and Cochran (2006)
Tuber biomass of plants grown for one full season under standard field conditions in open-top chambers at Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
31%

 
 

Fleisher et al. (2008)
Tuber biomass of plants growing in soil-plant-atmosphere research (SPAR) chambers in a 75/25 mix of coarse sand and vermiculite at well-watered and progressively water-stressed conditions (control chamber)
0%

 
 

Fleisher et al. (2008)
Tuber biomass of plants growing in soil-plant-atmosphere research (SPAR) chambers in a 75/25 mix of coarse sand and vermiculite at well-watered and progressively water-stressed conditions (replacement of 75% of daily water uptake by plants in the control chamber)
21%

 
 

Fleisher et al. (2008)
Tuber biomass of plants growing in soil-plant-atmosphere research (SPAR) chambers in a 75/25 mix of coarse sand and vermiculite at well-watered and progressively water-stressed conditions (replacement of 50% of daily water uptake by plants in the control chamber)
47%

 
 

Fleisher et al. (2008)
Tuber biomass of plants growing in soil-plant-atmosphere research (SPAR) chambers in a 75/25 mix of coarse sand and vermiculite at well-watered and progressively water-stressed conditions (replacement of 25% of daily water uptake by plants in the control chamber)
54%

 
 

Fleisher et al. (2008)
Tuber biomass of plants growing in soil-plant-atmosphere research (SPAR) chambers in a 75/25 mix of coarse sand and vermiculite at well-watered and progressively water-stressed conditions (replacement of 0% of daily water uptake by plants in the control chamber)
19%

 
 

Fleisher et al. (2008)
Total biomass of plants growing in soil-plant-atmosphere research (SPAR) chambers in a 75/25 mix of coarse sand and vermiculite at well-watered and progressively water-stressed conditions (control chamber)
14%

 
 

Fleisher et al. (2008)
Total biomass of plants growing in soil-plant-atmosphere research (SPAR) chambers in a 75/25 mix of coarse sand and vermiculite at well-watered and progressively water-stressed conditions (replacement of 75% of daily water uptake by plants in the control chamber)
13%

 
 

Fleisher et al. (2008)
Total biomass of plants growing in soil-plant-atmosphere research (SPAR) chambers in a 75/25 mix of coarse sand and vermiculite at well-watered and progressively water-stressed conditions (replacement of 50% of daily water uptake by plants in the control chamber)
12%

 
 

Fleisher et al. (2008)
Total biomass of plants growing in soil-plant-atmosphere research (SPAR) chambers in a 75/25 mix of coarse sand and vermiculite at well-watered and progressively water-stressed conditions (replacement of 25% of daily water uptake by plants in the control chamber)
11%

 
 

Fleisher et al. (2008)
Total biomass of plants growing in soil-plant-atmosphere research (SPAR) chambers in a 75/25 mix of coarse sand and vermiculite at well-watered and progressively water-stressed conditions (replacement of 0% of daily water uptake by plants in the control chamber)
0%

 
 

Heineke et al. (1999)
climatic chamber, transgenic plants
 

58%
 

Hogy and Fangmeier (2009)
Tuber biomass of well-watered and fertilized plants grown from "seed potatoes" to maturity out-of-doors in open-top chambers in Giessen, Germany
44%

 
 

Katny et al. (2005)
Tuber biomass of well watered and fertilized new sprouts grown for 5 weeks in 15-l pots out-of-doors in open-top chambers
25%

 
 

Kauder et al. (2000)
chambers, wild-type plant
 

36%
 

Kauder et al. (2000)
chambers, TPT 1 transgenic plant
 

50%
 

Lawson et al. (2001)
open-top chambers, ambient ozone
10%

 
 

Lawson et al. (2001)
open-top chambers, extra ozone
27%

 
 

Ludewig et al. (1998)
environmental chambers
 

70%
 

Ludewig et al. (1998)
environmental chambers, tuber yield, untransformed plants
 

100%
 

Magliulo et al. (2003)
FACE field study, 1998 growing season
53%

 
 

Magliulo et al. (2003)
FACE field study, 1999 growing season
88%

 
 

Miglietta et al. (1998)
Plants grown for a full season in a FACE study
40%

 
 

Olivo et al. (2002)
open-top chambers in a greenhouse, yield
33%

 
 

Olivo et al. (2002)
open-top chambers in a greenhouse,total biomass
30%

 
 

Persson et al. (2003)
Tuber biomass of plants grown under field conditions out-of-doors in open-top chambers until time of harvest in southwest Sweden
-2%

 
 

Plessl et al. (2007)
Tuber biomass of well watered and fertilized plants in 3.5-liter pots filled with a 1:2 mixture of soil and "Fruhstorfer T-Erde" grown for eight weeks in controlled-environment chambers
7%

 
 

Pruski et al. (2002)
environmental growth chambers
 

 
71%

Sage et al. (1989)
greenhouse
48%

 
 

Schapendonk et al. (2000)
open-top chamber, first season
23%

 
 

Schapendonk et al. (2000)
open-top chamber, second season
42%

 
 

Sicher and Bunce (1999)
open-top chambers
34%

 
 

Tao et al. (2010)
Leaf biomass of well watered and fertilized wild-type plants grown for 54 days in pots filled with potting soil in growth cabinets in a glasshouse
 

101%
 

Tao et al. (2010)
Stem biomass of well watered and fertilized wild-type plants grown for 54 days in pots filled with potting soil in growth cabinets in a glasshouse
 

35%
 

Tao et al. (2010)
Tuber biomass of well watered and fertilized wild-type plants grown for 54 days in pots filled with potting soil in growth cabinets in a glasshouse
 

119%
 

Tao et al. (2010)
Leaf biomass of well watered and fertilized transgenic plants grown for 54 days in pots filled with potting soil in growth cabinets in a glasshouse
 

55%
 

Tao et al. (2010)
Stem biomass of well watered and fertilized transgenic plants grown for 54 days in pots filled with potting soil in growth cabinets in a glasshouse
 

51%
 

Tao et al. (2010)
Tuber biomass of well watered and fertilized transgenic plants grown for 54 days in pots filled with potting soil in growth cabinets in a glasshouse
 

157%
 

Wheeler et al. (1991)
pots (19 liter), low light
 

40%
 

Wheeler et al. (1991)
pots (19 liter), high light
 

34%
 

Wheeler et al. (1991)
pots (19 liter), low light
 

27%
 

Wheeler et al. (1991)
pots (19 liter), high light
 

16%
 

Wheeler et al. (1991)
pots (19 liter), low light
 

39%
 

Wheeler et al. (1991)
pots (19 liter), high light
 

26%
 

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