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


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Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. [Annual Ragweed]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
13
 
1
 Arithmetic Mean
28.8%
 
110%
 Standard Error
7%
 
0%

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
33%

 

 

Bazzaz and Carlson (1984)

tubs (10.7 liters, 24 plants), well-watered
57%

 

110%

Bazzaz and Garbutt (1988)

pots (13-cm diameter, 16 plants)
25%

 

 

Hirose et al. (1996)

glasshouse
25%

 

 

Miyagi et al. (2007)

Whole plant biomass (at flowering) of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seed in 4-liter pots filled with sand out-of-doors in open-top chambers to the time of their natural death
-8%

 

 

Miyagi et al. (2007)

Whole plant biomass (at time of death) of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seed in 4-liter pots filled with sand out-of-doors in open-top chambers to the time of their natural death
7%

 

 

Miyagi et al. (2007)

Seed or grain yield biomass of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seed to maturity in 4-liter pots filled with sand out-of-doors in open-top chambers
-15%

 

 

Rogers et al. (2006)

Aboveground biomass of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seed to maturity in glasshouse modules
15%

 

 

Stinson and Bazzaz (2006)

Shoot biomass from an open-top-chamber study of non-water-stressed plants grown from the seedling stage for an entire season near Boston, Massachusetts
36%

 

 

Stinson and Bazzaz (2006)

Root biomass from an open-top-chamber study of non-water-stressed plants grown from the seedling stage for an entire season near Boston, Massachusetts
39%

 

 

Stinson and Bazzaz (2006)

Reproductive structures biomass from an open-top-chamber study of non-water-stressed plants grown from the seedling stage for an entire season near Boston, Massachusetts
78%

 

 

Stinson and Bazzaz (2006)

Total biomass from an open-top-chamber study of non-water-stressed plants grown from the seedling stage for an entire season near Boston, Massachusetts
58%

 

 

Zangerl and Bazzaz (1984)

pots (7 liters, 36 plants)
25%

 

 

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