Facility for studying the effects of elevated carbon dioxide concentration and increased temperature on crops

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Lawlor, D. W., Mitchell, R. A. C., Franklin, J. F., Mitchell, V. J., Driscoll, S. P. and Delgado, E. 1993. Facility for studying the effects of elevated carbon dioxide concentration and increased temperature on crops. Plant, Cell and Environment. 16 (5), pp. 603-608. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.1993.tb00909.x

AuthorsLawlor, D. W., Mitchell, R. A. C., Franklin, J. F., Mitchell, V. J., Driscoll, S. P. and Delgado, E.
Abstract

The requirements for the experimental study of the effects of global climate change conditions on plants are outlined. A semi-controlled plant growth facility is described which allows the study of elevated CO2 and temperature, and their interaction on the growth of plants under radiation and temperature conditions similar to the field. During an experiment on winter wheat (cv. Mercia), which ran from December 1990 through to August 1991, the facility maintained mean daytime CO2 concentrations of 363 and 692 cm3 m-3 for targets of 350 and 700 cm3 m-3 respectively. Temperatures were set to follow outside ambient or outside ambient +4-degrees-C, and hourly means were within 0.5-degrees-C of the target for 92% of the time for target temperatures greater than 6-degrees-C. Total photosynthetically active radiation incident on the crop (solar radiation supplemented by artifical light with natural photoperiod) was 2% greater than the total measured outside over the same period.

KeywordsPlant Sciences
Year of Publication1993
JournalPlant, Cell and Environment
Journal citation16 (5), pp. 603-608
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.1993.tb00909.x
Open accessPublished as non-open access
FunderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Funder project or code926
214
Project: 011318
Publisher's version
PublisherWiley
Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN0140-7791

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