Human Health Appendix 1: Acronyms Appendix 2: Authors, Contributors, and Reviewers Appendix 3: Plant Dry Weight Responses to Atmospheric CO2 Enrichment Appendix 4:
Plant Photosynthesis Responses to Atmospheric CO2 Enrichment
Not exact matches
In addition, specific genes that influenced
photosynthesis and other important
plant responses differed in expression.
Plants using the C3 form of
photosynthesis normally show a stronger growth
response to extra CO2 in the atmosphere than those using the C4 form.
Plants response to higher CO2 levels result in less water utilation for
photosynthesis (esp C4) which results in large gains of leaf growth (more growth for same water)-- forcing evapotranspiration to increase.
The
plant response could be quite large to such a rise in CO2 levels, lowering the threshold of light needed for
photosynthesis and boosting the max output of many species will lead to significant physical changes in the structural relationship of
plants to themselves and their substrates on land and in water.