Percent Photosynthesis (Net CO2 Exchange Rate) Increases for
300, 600 and 900 ppm Increases in the Air's CO2 Concentration:


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Pinus sylvestris L. [Scots Pine]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
22
 
 
 Arithmetic Mean
70.1%
 
 
 Standard Error
25.2%
 
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

Beerling and Woodward (1996)

controlled environment greenhouse, July
600%

 

 

Beerling and Woodward (1996)

controlled environment greenhouse, September
101%

 

 

Fransson and Johansson (2010)

Photosynthesis (ectomycorrhizal) of well-watered and fertilized seedlings grown for several weeks in controlled-environment facilities
40%

 

 

Fransson and Johansson (2010)

Photosynthesis (nonmycorrhizal) of well-watered and fertilized seedlings grown for several weeks in controlled-environment facilities
40%

 

 

Heath et al. (2005)

Well-watered seedlings grown for just over one year in vertical sections of 16-cm-diameter polyethylene tubes supplied with 10 liters of fertilized soil (FS) containing 2.5 g/liter of slow release Osmocote fertilizer, all located within several 4.5-m-diameter Solardomes
17%

 

 

Heath et al. (2005)

Well-watered seedlings grown for just over one year in vertical sections of 16-cm-diameter polyethylene tubes supplied with 10 liters of unfertilized soil, all located within several 4.5-m-diameter Solardomes
17%

 

 

Jach and Ceulemans (2000)

open-top chamber, 1-year old
47%

 

 

Jach and Ceulemans (2000)

open-top chamber, 2-year old
49%

 

 

Janssens et al. (2005)

Three-year-old seedlings planted in a sandy forest soil and grown for an additional three years within open-top chambers without any added nutrients or water
22%

 

 

Janssens et al. (2005)

Three-year-old seedlings planted in a sandy forest soil and grown for an additional four years within open-top chambers without any added nutrients or water
19%

 

 

Johansson et al. (2009)

Photosynthesis of seedlings grown in liquid culture for a period of six weeks with no ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with their roots
40%

 

 

Johansson et al. (2009)

Mean photosynthesis of seedlings grown in liquid culture for a period of six weeks infected with eight different mycorrhizae (ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with their roots)
35%

 

 

Kellomaki and Wang (1996)

open-top chambers, normal temperature, needle water potential -0.3 to 0.5
38%

 

 

Kellomaki and Wang (1996)

open-top chambers, normal temperature, needle water potential -0.9 to 1.1
36%

 

 

Kellomaki and Wang (1996)

open-top chambers, normal temperature, needle water potential -1.6 to 1.3
40%

 

 

Kellomaki and Wang (1996)

open-top chambers, elevated temperature, needle water potential -0.3 to 0.5
46%

 

 

Kellomaki and Wang (1996)

open-top chambers, elevated temperature, needle water potential -0.9 to 1.1
56%

 

 

Kellomaki and Wang (1996)

open-top chambers, elevated temperature, needle water potential -1.6 to 1.3
112%

 

 

Kellomaki and Wang (1997)

field
22%

 

 

Wang et al. (2003)

Photosynthesis of one-year-old shoot sections of 30-year-old trees growing out-of-doors in closed-top chambers in Finland: seasonal mean of daily total net photosynthesis per unit projected needle area over three years
16%

 

 

Zhou et al. (2011)

Photosynthesis of eight-year-old saplings transplanted into open-top chambers and grown for an additional nine years at different atmospheric CO2 concentrations, with measurements of current-year needles of non-shaded top shoots being made on clear days between 0830 and 1130 hours in the last two years of the study
76%

 

 

Zhou et al. (2011)

Photosynthesis of eight-year-old saplings transplanted into open-top chambers and grown for an additional nine years at different atmospheric CO2 concentrations, with measurements of one-year-old needles of non-shaded top shoots being made on clear days between 0830 and 1130 hours in the last two years of the study
74%

 

 

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