300, 600 and 900 ppm Increases in the Air's CO2 Concentration:
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Zea mays L. [Corn]
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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 | 
             28 
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             28 
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             28 
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| Arithmetic Mean | 
             23.7% 
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             0% 
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             0% 
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| Standard Error | 
             8.8% 
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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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             Ali (2008)  | 
          
             Pre-anthesis photosynthesis of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seed to maturity in the field in open-top chambers in air that was charcoal filtered (CF, to remove ozone) 
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             41% 
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             Ali (2008)  | 
          
             Post-anthesis photosynthesis of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seed to maturity in the field in open-top chambers in air that was charcoal filtered (CF, to remove ozone) 
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             40% 
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             Ali (2008)  | 
          
             Pre-anthesis photosynthesis of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seed to maturity in the field in open-top chambers in air that was not charcoal filtered (NF, no ozone removed) 
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             26% 
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             Ali (2008)  | 
          
             Post-anthesis photosynthesis of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seed to maturity in the field in open-top chambers in air that was not charcoal filtered (NF, no ozone removed) 
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             33% 
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             Baczek-Kwinta and Koscielniak (2003)  | 
          
             Grown from seed in pots exposed to air of 20°C and subsequently exposed to air of 7°C (chilling stress) for eleven days 
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             257% 
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             Barlocher et al. (2004)  | 
          
             CO2 response curves of field-grown plants 
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             24% 
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             Boese et al. (1997)  | 
          
             controlled environment chambers, immediately before chilling 
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             -3% 
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             Boese et al. (1997)  | 
          
             controlled environment chambers, end of 24-hour chilling period 
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             13% 
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             Boese et al. (1997)  | 
          
             controlled environment chambers, after a 24-hour recovery period 
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             25% 
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             Hamilton III et al. (2008)  | 
          
             Photosynthesis of recently-expanded fully-lit leaves of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seed to the adult vegetative state (6-8 weeks) at 5°C above optimal temperatures in 0.5-L pots filled with a 1:1:1 mixture of top-soil, sand and perlite within controlled environment chambers 
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             19% 
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             Hamilton III et al. (2008)  | 
          
             Photosynthesis of recently-expanded fully-lit leaves of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seed to the adult vegetative state (6-8 weeks) at near-optimal temperatures in 0.5-L pots filled with a 1:1:1 mixture of top-soil, sand and perlite within controlled environment chambers 
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             13% 
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             Hunt et al. (1991)  | 
          
             pots (1 liter) 
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             0% 
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             Kang et al. (2002)  | 
          
             Plants grown in pots in growth chambers under low (45-65% field capacity) soil moisture conditions 
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             40% 
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             Kang et al. (2002)  | 
          
             Plants grown in pots in growth chambers under medium (65-85% field capacity) soil moisture conditions 
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             16% 
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             Kang et al. (2002)  | 
          
             Plants grown in pots in growth chambers under high (85-100% field capacity) soil moisture conditions 
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             13% 
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             Kim et al. (2006)  | 
          
             Well-watered and fertilized plants grown from seed to developmental stage R3 (milky ripe stage, 70 days after planting) in sunlit soil-plant-atmosphere research (SPAR) chambers 
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             3% 
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             Leakey et al. (2004)  | 
          
             FACE study conducted at a site (Urbana, Illinois) within the US Corn Belt under summer rainfall conditions very close to the 50-year average for that site; Whole-season average photosynthesis 
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             15% 
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             Maroco et al. (1999)  | 
          
             Plexiglass chambers 
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             12% 
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             Morison and Gifford (1983)  | 
          
             pots (3 liter) 
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             0% 
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             Pramanik et al. (2018)  | 
          
             Photosynthesis at 70 days after sowing of well-watered and fertilized plants grown in a FACE field experiment; cv PEHM 5 
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             27% 
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             Vanaja et al. (2011)  | 
          
             Photosynthesis of plants grown from seed to maturity in open-top chambers out-of-doors one to each 5-L pot filled with ~6.5 kg of red soil maintained at 80% (well-watered, WW) of soil water content at field capacity 
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             1% 
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             Vanaja et al. (2011)  | 
          
             Photosynthesis of plants grown from seed to maturity in open-top chambers out-of-doors one to each 5-L pot filled with ~6.5 kg of red soil maintained at 50% (drought-stressed, DS) of soil water content at field capacity 
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             1% 
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             Wang et al. (2008)  | 
          
             Photosynthesis of well watered and fertilized plants grown from seed at their optimal daytime temperature for about six weeks in growth chambers within 5-L pots filled with a 1:1:1 mixture of top-soil, sand and perlite 
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             8% 
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             Ziska and Bunce (1997)  | 
          
             glasshouse 
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             4% 
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             Zong and Shangguan (2014)  | 
          
             Photosynthesis of the initial leaves of plants grown from seed in controlled environment chambers under adequate water and fertility (A) 
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             15% 
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             Zong and Shangguan (2014)  | 
          
             Photosynthesis of the initial leaves of plants grown from seed in controlled environment chambers under adequate water and drought (D) 
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             15% 
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             Zong and Shangguan (2014)  | 
          
             Photosynthesis of the initial leaves of plants grown from seed in controlled environment chambers under adequate water and nitrogen deficiency (N) 
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             2% 
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             Zong and Shangguan (2014)  | 
          
             Photosynthesis of the initial leaves of plants grown from seed in controlled environment chambers under adequate water and combined drought and nitrogen deficiency (DN) 
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             3% 
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