Claim · model-written summary
Lantana root length increased by 46% under elevated CO2.
- Treatment
- 575μmol mol−1 (elevated) CO2e2
- Outcome
- root lengthe1
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 46%e0
- Comparator
- 375μmol mol−1 (ambient)e2
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Verbatim
e0“it was increased by 46% in lantana”
e1“Vinca root length was unaffected by CO2”
e2“375μmol mol−1 (ambient) or 575μmol mol−1 (elevated) CO2”
Title
G. Brett RUNION; Heidi M. FINEGAN; Stephen A. PRIOR; et al. Environment Control in Biology 2011. doi:10.2525/ecb.49.107
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Intervention effect Lantana growth responded more strongly to elevated CO2 than vinca growth.
- Intervention effect Lantana root dry weight increased by 31%.
- Intervention effect Lantana total plant dry weight increased by 19%.
- Intervention effect Vinca root dry weight increased by 9%.
- Intervention effect Vinca total plant dry weight increased by 9%.
- Intervention effect Vinca root length was unaffected by CO2.
- Intervention effect Elevated CO2 had no effect on Lantana flower dry weight.
- Intervention effect Elevated CO2 had no effect on vinca flower dry weight.
- Observation Rising CO2 was interpreted to have little impact on vinca as an ornamental or invasive weed.
- Observation Elevated CO2 may increase Lantana ornamental value through abundant growth.
- Mechanism Greater Lantana root growth may increase drought tolerance.
- Observation Traits favored by high CO2 could enhance Lantana invasive potential in the southeastern US.