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Science 16 July 1971:
Vol. 173. no. 3993, pp. 256 - 258
DOI: 10.1126/science.173.3993.256
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Plant Response to Carbon Dioxide Enrichment under Field Conditions: A Simulation

L. H. Allen Jr. 1, S. E. Jensen 2, and E. R. Lemon 3

1 U.S. Agricultural Research Service, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
2 Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College, Copenhagen V, Denmark
3 U.S. Agricultural Research Service, Cornell University

A comprehensive soil-plant-atmosphere computer simulation model (SPAM) predicted up to a 45 percent increase in carbon dioxide uptake by a crop enriched with carbon dioxide at ground level. Enrichment rates of 225 and 450 kilograms of carbon dioxide per hectare per hour were used. Simulations covered a wide range of wind speed, crop height, and leaf area display.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
The Sun's Work in a Cornfield.
E. Lemon, D. W. Stewart, and R. W. Shawcroft (1971)
Science 174, 371-378
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