300, 600 and 900 ppm Increases in the Air's CO2 Concentration:
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Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. [Prickly Pear]
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300 ppm
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600 ppm
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900 ppm
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| Number of Results |
9
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| Arithmetic Mean |
38.2%
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| Standard Error |
13.3%
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Experimental Conditions
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300 ppm
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600 ppm
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900 ppm
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Cui and Nobel (1994) |
growth chambers, low PPFD
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21%
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Cui et al. (1993) |
open-top chambers, first-daughter cladodes
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36%
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Cui et al. (1993) |
open-top chambers, second-daughter cladodes
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13%
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Cui et al. (1993) |
open-top chambers, roots
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147%
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Cui et al. (1993) |
open-top chambers, total biomass
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47%
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Gomez-Casanovas et al. (2007) |
Well watered and fertilized plants grown from mature cladodes transplanted vertically into a peat:vermiculite:perlite mixture (2:1:1) in 9-12-L pots in controlled-environment chambers for a period of four months (first-daughter cladode)
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14%
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Gomez-Casanovas et al. (2007) |
Well watered and fertilized plants grown from mature cladodes transplanted vertically into a peat:vermiculite:perlite mixture (2:1:1) in 9-12-L pots in controlled-environment chambers for a period of four months (second-daughter cladode)
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28%
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Gomez-Casanovas et al. (2007) |
Root biomass of well watered and fertilized plants grown from mature cladodes transplanted vertically into a peat:vermiculite:perlite mixture (2:1:1) in 9-12-L pots in controlled-environment chambers for a period of four months
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15%
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Nobel and de Cortazar (1991) |
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23%
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