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


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Pascopyrum smithii (Rydb.) A. Love [Western Wheatgrass]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
7
 
 
 Arithmetic Mean
60.4%
 
 
 Standard Error
12.5%
 
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Augustine et al. (2011)

Deficit-irrigated plants grown for 62 days after planting in polyvinylchloride cylinders 15 cm in diameter and 45 cm deep filled with a 33:33:33 mix of sandy loam soil:washed sand:calcined clay within two greenhouses maintained at different CO2 concentrations
21%

 

 

McGranahan and Yurkonis (2018)

Aboveground biomass expressed as a percentage of pre-experimental aboveground biomass that was regrown over the treatment period following a cutting at the beginning of a three week CO2 treatment period of well-watered plants grown in controlled environment chambers
74%

 

 

McGranahan and Yurkonis (2018)

Aboveground biomass expressed as a percentage of pre-experimental aboveground biomass that was regrown over the treatment period following a cutting at the beginning of a three week CO2 treatment period of water-limited plants grown in controlled environment chambers
34%

 

 

Morgan et al. (1998)

growth chamber, shoot
47%

 

 

Morgan et al. (1998)

growth chamber, root
58%

 

 

Morgan et al. (2001)

growth chamber, low nitrogen
58%

 

 

Morgan et al. (2001)

growth chamber, high nitrogen
131%

 

 

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