Food for thought: Lower-than-expected crop yield stimulation with rising CO2 concentrations

Science

Volumn 312, Issue 5782, 2006, Pages 1918-1921

  Long, Stephen P ^a   Ainsworth, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Leakey, Andrew D B ^a   Nösbsrger, Josef ^c   Ort, Donald R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CROPS; FERTILIZERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOILS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CROP YIELD; FREE-AIR CONCENTRATION ENRICHMENT (FACE);

AGRONOMY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FREE AIR CONCENTRATION ENRICHMENT; HARVEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEED FERTILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; TECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FERTILIZERS; FORECASTING; META-ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; OZONE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POACEAE; SORGHUM; SOYBEANS; TEMPERATURE; TRITICUM; WATER; ZEA MAYS;

AGRONOMY;

EID: 33745609520     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1114722     Document Type: Article

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