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


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Lycopersicon lycopersicum L. [Tomato]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
2
4
 
 Arithmetic Mean
29.5%
17.8%
 
 Standard Error
5.3%
4.8
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Bruggink et al. (1988)

greenhouse, 11-cm pots, non-stressed
 

5%

 

Bruggink et al. (1988)

greenhouse, 11-cm pots, nitric oxide stressed
 

26%

 

Cavagnaro et al. (2007)

Well watered and fertilized plants grown for 72 days within controlled-environment chambers in pots containing 1 kg of a 20:80 soil:sand mixture (mycorrhizal defective mutant)
 

28%

 

Cavagnaro et al. (2007)

Well watered and fertilized plants grown for 72 days within controlled-environment chambers in pots containing 1 kg of a 20:80 soil:sand mixture (mycorrhizal wild-type progenitor)
 

12%

 

Shafer et al. (2002)

Grown from seed in 8-ounce cups in continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) chambers in a temperature-controlled room for just over 2 weeks at half-strength nutrients; var. cerasiforme cv. Tiny Tim
22%

 

 

Shafer et al. (2002)

Grown from seed in 8-ounce cups in continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) chambers in a temperature-controlled room for just over 2 weeks at full-strength nutrients; var. cerasiforme cv. Tiny Tim
37%

 

 

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