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


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Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench [Sorghum]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
34
1
 
 Arithmetic Mean
19%
41%
 
 Standard Error
2.9%
0
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References
Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Allen Jr. et al. (2011)
Plants grown from seed in pots placed within sunlit controlled-environment chambers for 39 days with daily irrigation (well-watered, WW), with biomass determinations being made 39 days after sowing
-5%

 
 

Allen Jr. et al. (2011)
Plants grown from seed in pots placed within sunlit controlled-environment chambers with irrigation being withheld from half of the plants starting 26 days after sowing (drought-stressed, DS), with biomass determinations being made 39 days after sowing
23%

 
 

Amthor et al. (1994)
open-top chambers, grain
12%

 
 

Amthor et al. (1994)
open-top chambers, whole plant
22%

 
 

Chaudhuri et al. (1986)
boxes (311 liter)
28%

 
 

Keramat et al. (2020)
Shoot plus root dry weight 98 days after sowing plants grown in a controlled environment greenhouse; cv SG3
23%

 
 

Keramat et al. (2020)
Shoot plus root dry weight 98 days after sowing plants grown in a controlled environment greenhouse; cv SG4
13%

 
 

Keramat et al. (2020)
Shoot plus root dry weight 98 days after sowing plants grown in a controlled environment greenhouse; cv SG14
9%

 
 

Keramat et al. (2020)
Shoot plus root dry weight 98 days after sowing plants grown in a controlled environment greenhouse; cv SG28
22%

 
 

Keramat et al. (2020)
Average shoot plus root dry weight of four plant genotypes grown for 98 days in a controlled environment greenhouse under normal salinity conditions (1.55 dS per meter)
14%

 
 

Keramat et al. (2020)
Average shoot plus root dry weight of four plant genotypes grown for 98 days in a controlled environment greenhouse under salinity-stressed conditions (10.55 dS per meter)
8%

 
 

Marc and Gifford (1984)
pots, growth cabinet
 

41%
 

Morison and Gifford (1984)
pots (3.2 kg soil)
20%

 
 

Ottman (2001)
FACE, adequate soil moisture
0%

 
 

Ottman (2001)
FACE, dry soil moisture
23%

 
 

Prasad et al. (2006)
Vegetative biomass of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seeding to harvest in outdoor growth chambers maintained at a day/night air temperature of 32/22°C
49%

 
 

Prasad et al. (2006)
Vegetative biomass of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seeding to harvest in outdoor growth chambers maintained at a day/night air temperature of 36/26°C
12%

 
 

Prasad et al. (2006)
Vegetative biomass of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seeding to harvest in outdoor growth chambers maintained at a day/night air temperature of 40/30°C
11%

 
 

Prasad et al. (2006)
Vegetative biomass of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seeding to harvest in outdoor growth chambers maintained at a day/night air temperature of 44/34°C
38%

 
 

Prasad et al. (2006)
Seed yield biomass of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seeding to harvest in outdoor growth chambers maintained at a day/night air temperature of 32/22°C
24%

 
 

Prasad et al. (2006)
Seed yield biomass of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seeding to harvest in outdoor growth chambers maintained at a day/night air temperature of 36/26°C
-12%

 
 

Prasad et al. (2006)
Seed yield biomass of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seeding to harvest in outdoor growth chambers maintained at a day/night air temperature of 40/30°C
0%

 
 

Prasad et al. (2006)
Seed yield biomass of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seeding to harvest in outdoor growth chambers maintained at a day/night air temperature of 44/34°C
0%

 
 

Prasad et al. (2009)
Total plant biomass of well watered and fertilized plants 50 days after being sown in sunlit controlled-environment chambers at Gainesville, Florida (USA) and being grown at day/night temperatures of 30/20°C
42%

 
 

Prasad et al. (2009)
Total plant biomass of well watered and fertilized plants 50 days after being sown in sunlit controlled-environment chambers at Gainesville, Florida (USA) and being grown at day/night temperatures of 36/26°C
53%

 
 

Prior et al. (2005)
Plants grown from seed to maturity for two cropping cycles within open-top chambers constructed upon 7-m x 76-m x 2-m-deep soil bins filled with a reconstructed Decatur silt loam; First cropping cycle (grain yield)
0%

 
 

Prior et al. (2005)
Plants grown from seed to maturity for two cropping cycles within open-top chambers constructed upon 7-m x 76-m x 2-m-deep soil bins filled with a reconstructed Decatur silt loam; Second cropping cycle (grain yield)
21%

 
 

Prior et al. (2005)
Plants grown from seed to maturity for two cropping cycles within open-top chambers constructed upon 7-m x 76-m x 2-m-deep soil bins filled with a reconstructed Decatur silt loam; First cropping cycle (residue)
14%

 
 

Prior et al. (2005)
Plants grown from seed to maturity for two cropping cycles within open-top chambers constructed upon 7-m x 76-m x 2-m-deep soil bins filled with a reconstructed Decatur silt loam; Second cropping cycle (residue)
23%

 
 

Torbert et al. (2004)
Whole plant biomass of plants grown from seed to physiological maturity in 1992, 1993 and 1994 within open-top chambers resting upon huge soil bins in which the plants were rooted; mean of all three years
25%

 
 

Watling and Press (1997)
Plants grown for two months in controlled environment cabinets
31%

 
 

Watling and Press (1997)
Plants grown for two months in controlled environment cabinets with infection by Striga hermonthica, a C3 root hemi-parasite
30%

 
 

Watling and Press (1997)
Plants grown for two months in controlled environment cabinets with infection by Striga asiatica, a C3 root hemi-parasite
68%

 
 

Ziska and Bunce (1997)
glasshouse
4%

 
 

Ziska and Bunce (1999)
Plants grown in controlled environment chambers for three weeks
0%

 
 

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