Abstract
Abstract For most studies involving the response of plants to future concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), a current concentration of 360–370 μatm is assumed, based on recent data obtained from the Mauna Loa observatory. In the present study, average seasonal diurnal values of ambient CO 2 obtained at ground level from three global locations (Australia, Japan and the USA) indicated that the average CO 2 (at canopy height) can vary from over 500 μatm at night to 350 μatm during the day with average 24‐h values ranging from 390 to 465 μatm. At all sites sampled, ambient CO 2 rose to a maximum value during the pre‐dawn period (03.00–06.00 hours); at sunrise, CO 2 remained elevated for several hours before declining to a steady‐state concentration between 350 and 400 μatm by mid‐morning (08.00–10.00 hours). Responses of plant growth to simulations of the observed variation of in situ CO 2 were compared to growth at a constant CO 2 concentration in controlled environment chambers. Three diurnal patterns were used (constant 370 μatm CO 2 , constant 370 during the day (07.00–19.00 hours), high CO 2 (500 μatm) at night; or, high CO 2 (500 μatm) at night and during the early morning (07.00–09.00 hours) decreasing to 370 μatm by 10.00 hours). Three plant species − soybean (Glycine max, L (Merr.), velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti L.) and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) − were grown in each of these environments. For soybean, high night‐time CO 2 resulted in a significant increase in net assimilation rate (NAR), plant growth, leaf area and biomass relative to a constant ambient value of CO 2 by 29 days after sowing. Significant increases in NAR for all three species, and significant increases in leaf area, growth and total biomass for two of the three C3 species tested (velvetleaf and soybean) were also observed after 29 days post sowing for the high night/early morning diurnal pattern of CO 2 . Data from these experiments suggest that the ambient CO 2 concentration experienced by some plants is higher than the Mauna Loa average, and that growth of some agricultural species at in situ CO 2 levels can differ significantly from the constant CO 2 value used as a control in many CO 2 experiments. This suggests that a reassessment of control conditions used to quantify the response of plants to future, elevated CO 2 may be required.
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Claim · model-written summary
Canopy height ambient CO2 varied from over 500 μatm at night to 350 μatm during the day.
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- average CO 2 (at canopy height)e0
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- varye0
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- over 500 μatme0
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- 350 μatm during the daye0
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e0“average CO 2 (at canopy height) can vary from over 500 μatm at night to 350 μatm during the day with average 24‐h values ranging from 390 to 465 μatm”
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Average 24 hour canopy height CO2 ranged from 390 to 465 μatm.
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e0“average 24‐h values ranging from 390 to 465 μatm”
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Ambient CO2 peaked before dawn and declined to 350–400 μatm by mid morning.
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e0“ambient CO 2 rose to a maximum value during the pre‐dawn period (03.00–06.00 hours); at sunrise, CO 2 remained elevated for several hours before declining to a steady‐state concentration between 350 and 400 μatm by mid‐morning (08.00–10.00 hours)”
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High night time CO2 increased soybean net assimilation rate, growth, leaf area and biomass after 29 days.
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- soybean
Glycine maxe0 - Treatment
- high night‐time CO 2e0
- Outcome
- net assimilation rate (NAR), plant growth, leaf area and biomasse0
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- increasee0
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- 29 days after sowinge0
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- a constant ambient value of CO 2e0
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e0“For soybean, high night‐time CO 2 resulted in a significant increase in net assimilation rate (NAR), plant growth, leaf area and biomass relative to a constant ambient value of CO 2 by 29 days after sowing.”
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The high night and early morning CO2 pattern increased NAR in all three species.
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- all three speciese0
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- high night/early morning diurnal pattern of CO 2e0
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- NARe0
- Direction
- increasese0
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- after 29 days post sowinge0
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e0“Significant increases in NAR for all three species, and significant increases in leaf area, growth and total biomass for two of the three C3 species tested (velvetleaf and soybean) were also observed after 29 days post sowing for the high night/early morning diurnal pattern of CO 2 .”
Claim · model-written summary
The high night and early morning CO2 pattern increased leaf area, growth and biomass in velvetleaf and soybean.
- Taxon
- velvetleaf and soybean
Abutilon theophrastiGlycine maxe0 - Treatment
- high night/early morning diurnal pattern of CO 2e0
- Outcome
- leaf area, growth and total biomasse0
- Direction
- increasese0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“Significant increases in NAR for all three species, and significant increases in leaf area, growth and total biomass for two of the three C3 species tested (velvetleaf and soybean) were also observed after 29 days post sowing for the high night/early morning diurnal pattern of CO 2 .”
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Authors suggest reassessing control CO2 conditions in future elevated CO2 experiments.
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- plantsViridiplantaee0
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- a reassessment of control conditionse0
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e0“This suggests that a reassessment of control conditions used to quantify the response of plants to future, elevated CO 2 may be required.”
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