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


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Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash [Indian Grass]


Statistics
 
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm
 Number of Results
3
1
 
 Arithmetic Mean
371%
1310%
 
 Standard Error
293.5%
0
 

Individual Experiment Results

Journal References

Experimental Conditions
300 ppm
600 ppm
900 ppm

LeCain and Morgan (1998)

Well-watered and fertilized C4 plants grown from seed in 8-liter pots for 39 days in controlled environment chambers
19%

 

 

Lee et al. (2011)

Photosynthesis of upper fully-expanded young to mid-aged leaves of plants grown for 13 years in monoculture in the BioCON FACE experiment at the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve in east central Minnesota (USA)
4%

 

 

Stamenkovic and Gustin (2009)

Photosynthesis of plants grown from seed in 5-L pots in the laboratory within a gas exchange chamber
1090%

1310%

 

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