Photosynthesis (Net CO2 Exchange Rate) References
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench [Sorghum]


Bunce, J.A. 2003. Effects of water vapor pressure difference on leaf gas exchange in potato and sorghum at ambient and elevated carbon dioxide under field conditions. Field Crops Research 82: 37-47.

Cousins, A.B., Adam, N.R., Wall, G.W., Kimball, B.A., Pinter, P.J., Leavitt, S.W., LaMorte, R.L., Matthias, A.D., Ottman, M.J., Thompson, T.L. and Webber, A.N. 2001. Reduced photorespiration and increased energy-use efficiency in young CO2-enriched sorghum leaves. New Phytologist 150: 275-284.

Prasad, P.V. V., Boote, K.J., and Allen Jr., L.H. 2006. Adverse high temperature effects on pollen viability, seed-set, seed yield and harvest index of grain-sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] are more severe at elevated carbon dioxide due to higher tissue temperatures. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 139: 237-251.

Prasad, P.V.V., Vu, J.C.V., Boote, K.J. and Allen Jr., L.H. 2009. Enhancement in leaf photosynthesis and upregulation of Rubisco in the C4 sorghum plant at elevated growth carbon dioxide and temperature occur at early stages of leaf ontogeny. Functional Plant Biology 36: 761-769.

Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Rogers, H.H. and Arriaga, F.J. 2010. Elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide effects on soybean and sorghum gas exchange in conventional and no-tillage systems. Journal of Environmental Quality 39: 596-608.

Wang, D., Heckathorn, S.A., Barua, D., Joshi, P., Hamilton, E.W. and LaCroix, J.J. 2008. Effects of elevated CO2 on the tolerance of photosynthesis to acute heat stress in C3, C4, and CAM species. American Journal of Botany 95: 165-176.

Ziska, L.H. and Bunce, J.A. 1997. Influence of increasing carbon dioxide concentration on the photosynthetic and growth stimulation of selected C4 crops and weeds. Photosynthesis Research 54: 199-208.


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