Tansley review
Sensitivity of plants to changing atmospheric CO2 concentration:
from the geological past to the next century.
Peter J. Franks, Mark A. Adams, Jeffrey S. Amthor, Margaret M. Barbour, Joseph A.
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Supporting Information Table S2 Data for Fig. 6 (drought conditions)
Species
*CO
2
**A
n(rel)
Source
(ppm)
C3 plants
Alnus firma
(-0.8 MPa)
360
550
1.00 Liang & Maruama, 1995
1.60
Brassica oleraceae
(-1.6 to -1.8 MPa)
380
510
1.00 Hamim, 2005
2.00
Deschampsia flexuosa
FACE; (July data)
350
700
1.00 Albert et al., 2011
2.64
Hordeum vulgare
(-1.3 to -1.7 MPa)
350
700
1.00 Robredo et al., 2007
2.20
Hordeum vulgare
(-1.3 MPa)
350
700
1.00 Robredo et al., 2010
2.25
Larrea tridentata
(-4 to -8 MPa)
350
700
1.00 Hamerlynck et al., 2000
2.50
Larrea tridentata
FACE; (-7.0 MPa)
350
700
1.00 Huxman et al., 1998
2.25
360
550
1.00 Hamim, 2005
2.00
Amaranthus caudatus
(-1.2 to -1.3 MPa)
373
566
1.00 Hamim, 2005
1.13
Echinochloa crusgallii
370
1.00 Hamim, 2005
Triticum aestivum
(-2.2 to -2.7 MPa)
C4 plants
1
(-1.2 to -1.3 MPa)
570
1.23
Saccharum officinarum
360
720
1.00 Vu & Allen Jr, 2009
1.11
Sorghum bicolor
(-2.5 MPa)
350
700
1.00 Cousins et al., 2002
1.80
Sorghum bicolor
350
1.00 Wall et al., 2001
(-1.7 to -1.8 MPa)
700
2.25
*CO concentration in which plants were grown and A
2
n(rel) and gw(rel) were measured.
**Light saturated net CO assimilation rate under drought, measured at the treatment
2
CO2 concentration in plants grown in the treatment CO2 concentration, relative to the
value measured under drought at the ambient CO2 concentration in plants grown in
the ambient CO2 concentration.
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