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


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Vernonia herbacea [A Fructan-accumulating Plant]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
2
 
 
 Arithmetic Mean
31%
 
 
 Standard Error
4.2%
 
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Oliveira et al. (2010)

Aboveground biomass of well watered and fertilized plants grown from rhizophore fragments for two months and then transferred to 3-L pots containing forest soil (three plants to each pot) that were maintained in open-top chambers within a glasshouse for 120 more days
25%

 

 

Oliveira et al. (2010)

Belowground biomass of well watered and fertilized plants grown from rhizophore fragments for two months and then transferred to 3-L pots containing forest soil (three plants to each pot) that were maintained in open-top chambers within a glasshouse for 120 more days
37%

 

 

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