300, 600 and 900 ppm Increases in the Air's CO2 Concentration:
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Medicago sativa L. [Alfalfa]
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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 | 
             19 
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             19 
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             19 
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| Arithmetic Mean | 
             24.6% 
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             0% 
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             0% 
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| Standard Error | 
             3.8% 
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             0 
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             0% 
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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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             Aranjuelo et al. (2005a)  | 
          
             Plants inoculated with Sinorhizobium meliloti in 13-liter pots in temperature gradient tunnels grown from the age of one month under well-watered conditions at ambient air temperature over three different years 
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             5% 
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             Aranjuelo et al. (2005a)  | 
          
             Plants inoculated with Sinorhizobium meliloti in 13-liter pots in temperature gradient tunnels grown from the age of one month under well-watered conditions at ambient +4?C air temperature over three different years 
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             50% 
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             Aranjuelo et al. (2005a)  | 
          
             Plants inoculated with Sinorhizobium meliloti in 13-liter pots in temperature gradient tunnels grown from the age of one month under droughted conditions at ambient air temperature over three different years 
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             16% 
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             Aranjuelo et al. (2005a)  | 
          
             Plants inoculated with Sinorhizobium meliloti in 13-liter pots in temperature gradient tunnels grown from the age of one month under droughted conditions at ambient +4?C air temperature over three different years 
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             42% 
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             Aranjuelo et al. (2005b)  | 
          
             Seedlings in pots in temperature gradient tunnels maintained at ambient temperature and at high soil water content 
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             15% 
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             Aranjuelo et al. (2005b)  | 
          
             Seedlings in pots in temperature gradient tunnels maintained at elevated temperature (+4?C) and at high soil water content 
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             43% 
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             Aranjuelo et al. (2005b)  | 
          
             Seedlings in pots in temperature gradient tunnels maintained at ambient temperature and at low soil water content (half as much) 
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             6% 
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             Aranjuelo et al. (2005b)  | 
          
             Seedlings in pots in temperature gradient tunnels maintained at elevated temperature (+4?C) and at low soil water content (half as much) 
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             47% 
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             Aranjuelo et al. (2005b)  | 
          
             Seedlings grown in 13-L pots for 3 years in polyethylene-covered temperature gradient tunnels at ambient temperature and at high soil water content 
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             5% 
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             Aranjuelo et al. (2005b)  | 
          
             Seedlings grown in 13-L pots for 3 years in polyethylene-covered temperature gradient tunnels at elevated temperature (+4?C) and at high soil water content 
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             46% 
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             Aranjuelo et al. (2005b)  | 
          
             Seedlings grown in 13-L pots for 3 years in polyethylene-covered temperature gradient tunnels at ambient temperature and at low soil water content (half as much) 
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             16% 
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             Aranjuelo et al. (2005b)  | 
          
             Seedlings grown in 13-L pots for 3 years in polyethylene-covered temperature gradient tunnels at elevated temperature (+4?C) and at low soil water content (half as much) 
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             38% 
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             Aranjuelo et al. (2008)  | 
          
             Photosynthesis of thirty-day-old seedlings grown for 30 more days in two different years in 13-L pots filled with a 2:1 ratio of inert perlite and vermiculite recessed into the ground among other similar plants growing in a temperature-gradient greenhouse at ambient air temperature 
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             15% 
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             Aranjuelo et al. (2008)  | 
          
             Photosynthesis of thirty-day-old seedlings grown for 30 more days in two different years in 13-L pots filled with a 2:1 ratio of inert perlite and vermiculite recessed into the ground among other similar plants growing in a temperature-gradient greenhouse at ambient + 4?C air temperature 
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             34% 
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             Aranjuelo et al. (2009)  | 
          
             Photosynthesis of thirty-day-old plants (5 per each 2-liter pot filled with a 2:1 mix of perlite:vermiculate) grown for 30 more days in controlled environment chambers and maintained at a well-watered (WW, maximum soil water content)state 
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             14% 
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             Aranjuelo et al. (2009)  | 
          
             Photosynthesis of thirty-day-old plants (5 per each 2-liter pot filled with a 2:1 mix of perlite:vermiculate) grown for 30 more days in controlled environment chambers and maintained at a water-deficient (WD, 50% of maximum soil water content) state 
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             8% 
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             Bertrand et al. (2007)  | 
          
             Photosynthesis of well watered and fertilized plants inoculated with rhizobia (Sinorhizobium meliloti strain A2) grown from seed for 56 days ten to a pot of non-sterile topsoil in controlled environment chambers 
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             40% 
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             Bertrand et al. (2007)  | 
          
             Photosynthesis of well watered and fertilized plants inoculated with rhizobia (Sinorhizobium meliloti strain NRG34) grown from seed for 56 days ten to a pot of non-sterile topsoil in controlled environment chambers 
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             0% 
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             Bunce (1995)  | 
          
             semi-open acrylic chambers 
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             28% 
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