Table 1 Effects of warming and elevate CO2 (eCO2) on plant dry biomass, N concentration and chlorophyll concentrations at the silking stage.

From: Warming and elevated CO2 alter the transcriptomic response of maize (Zea mays L.) at the silking stage

Treatment

Shoot dry biomass (g plant−1)

Root dry biomass (g plant−1)

Leaf N concentration (mg g−1)

Stem N concentration (mg g−1)

Root N concentration (mg g−1)

Chlorophyll a (mg g−1 FW)

Chlorophyll b (mg g−1 FW)

Chlorophyll a + b (mg g−1 FW)

CK

286 ± 1.11a

53.6 ± 0.96a

15.1 ± 1.01b

9.03 ± 0.52ab

6.35 ± 0.45ab

11.8 ± 0.18a

53.6 ± 0.97a

16.6 ± 0.87a

Warming

293 ± 5.04a

47.3 ± 0.19a

16.1 ± 0.37b

9.41 ± 0.33a

6.84 ± 0.73ab

9.4 ± 1.67b

47.3 ± 0.19a

13.6 ± 2.35b

eCO2

317 ± 16.8a

57.0 ± 7.25a

14.1 ± 0.47b

7.68 ± 0.18b

5.63 ± 0.08b

12.3 ± 0.66a

57.0 ± 7.25a

17.2 ± 0.27a

Warming + eCO2

301 ± 8.51a

52.2 ± 1.01a

18.7 ± 0.03a

11.5 ± 0.49a

8.16 ± 0.4a

9.4 ± 1.18b

52.2 ± 1.01a

13.1 ± 1.37b

  1. The data are means of three replicates ± standard deviation. Different letters indicate significant difference between treatments (P > 0.05). FW represents fresh weight.
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