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


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Phytolacca americana L. [American Pokeweed]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
8
2
 
 Arithmetic Mean
-2.4%
44.5%
 
 Standard Error
13.8%
14.5
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

He et al. (2005)

Well watered and fertilized plants grown from the seedling stage to maturity in pots in controlled-environment chambers in a glasshouse at day/night temperatures of 26/20?C
40%

 

 

He et al. (2005)

Well watered and fertilized plants grown from the seedling stage to maturity in pots in controlled-environment chambers in a glasshouse at day/night temperatures of 30/24?C
30%

 

 

He et al. (2005)

Well watered and fertilized plants grown from the seedling stage to maturity in pots in controlled-environment chambers in a glasshouse at day/night temperatures of 28/24?C
45%

 

 

Kim et al. (2008)

Plants grown in greenhouses from seed harvested from plants growing in non-contaminated soil in Suwon, Kyunggi (South Korea) at 25?C
-53%

 

 

Kim et al. (2008)

Plants grown in greenhouses from seed harvested from plants growing in non-contaminated soil in Suwon, Kyunggi (South Korea) at 30?C
-26%

 

 

Kim et al. (2008)

Plants grown in greenhouses from seed harvested from plants growing in industry-contaminated soil in Ulsan, Kyunnam (South Korea) at a temperature of 25?C
-46%

 

 

Kim et al. (2008)

Plants grown in greenhouses from seed harvested from plants growing in industry-contaminated soil in Ulsan, Kyunnam (South Korea) at a temperature of 30?C
-37%

 

 

Song et al. (2012)

Shoot biomass of adequately watered 17-day-old seedlings grown for an additional period of 52 days, one plant each to 15-cm-diameter by 12-cm-high pots filled with a sandy loam soil and placed out-of-doors in open-top chambers
 

24%

 

Song et al. (2012)

Root biomass of adequately watered 17-day-old seedlings grown for an additional period of 52 days, one plant each to 15-cm-diameter by 12-cm-high pots filled with a sandy loam soil and placed out-of-doors in open-top chambers
 

65%

 

Wolfe-Bellin et al. (2006)

Well watered and fertilized plants grown from the four-leaf stage in controlled-environment glass chambers for an additional 72 days in 6.2-L containers filled with a general purpose growing medium
28%

 

 

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