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


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Abutilon theophrasti L. [Velvet Leaf]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
14
 
2
 Arithmetic Mean
32.1%
 
26%
 Standard Error
13.7%
 
0.7%

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Bazzaz and Carlson (1984)

tubs (10.7 liters, 24 plants), water-stressed
2%

 

25%

Bazzaz and Carlson (1984)

tubs (10.7 liters, 24 plants), well-watered
14%

 

27%

Bazzaz and Garbutt (1988)

pots (13-cm, 16 plants)
0%

 

 

Dippery et al. (1995)

controlled growth chambers, leaves
10%

 

 

Dippery et al. (1995)

controlled growth chambers, stem
30%

 

 

Dippery et al. (1995)

controlled growth chambers, roots
46%

 

 

Dippery et al. (1995)

controlled growth chambers, reproductive biomass
6%

 

 

Garbutt and Bazzaz (1984)

pots (3-inch, several plants)
10%

 

 

Hirose et al. (1996)

glasshouse
25%

 

 

Morse and Bazzaz (1994)

environmental growth chambers, 18 °C
41%

 

 

Morse and Bazzaz (1994)

environmental growth chambers, 28 °C
19%

 

 

Morse and Bazzaz (1994)

environmental growth chambers, 38 °C
26%

 

 

Zangerl and Bazzaz (1984)

tubs (7 liters, 36 plants)
10%

 

 

Ziska (2003)

Grown from seed to maturity in the field, distributed among similarly-grown sorghum plants, and enclosed by open-top chambers
210%

 

 

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