Claim · model-written summary
Chambers reduced root:shoot ratios by 44%.
- Taxon
- European beech
Fagus sylvaticat0 - Treatment
- chamberse0
- Outcome
- root:shoot ratiose0
- Direction
- reductione0
- Value
- 44%e0
- Comparator
- seedlings outsidee0
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Verbatim
e0“Seedlings in the chambers grew 45% taller, and had 28% more shoot biomass and 29% smaller root biomass, resulting in a 44% reduction of root:shoot ratios compared to seedlings outside.”
t0“European beech”
Title
G. PALUDAN‐MÜLLER; H. SAXE; J. W. LEVERENZ New Phytologist 1999. doi:10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00518.x
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- Intervention effect Ozone did not affect gas exchange until late in the second season.
- Intervention effect NF100 reduced photosynthesis by 18% in August 1996 against CF.
- Intervention effect NF50 reduced photosynthesis by 22% in September.
- Intervention effect NF100 reduced photosynthesis by 29% in September.
- Intervention effect Ozone reduced root:shoot ratio by 24% after two seasons.
- Intervention effect Ozone reduced root biomass.
- Intervention effect Ozone did not affect height growth or stem diameter.
- Association No ozone by provenance interaction appeared for growth parameters.
- Association Northwest European provenances were more ozone sensitive in photosynthesis than southeast provenances.
- Intervention effect Chamber seedlings grew 45% taller than outside seedlings.
- Intervention effect Chamber seedlings had 28% more shoot biomass.
- Intervention effect Chamber seedlings had 29% smaller root biomass.