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The Response of Foliar Carbohydrates to Elevated [CO2]

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Managed Ecosystems and CO2

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  1. Environmental Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 11973-5000, USA

    Alistair Rogers

  2. USDA/ARS Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, 190 ERML, 1201 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA

    Elizabeth A. Ainsworth

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Plant Sciences, ETH, Universitätstrasse 2, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland

    Josef Nösberger

  2. Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, 379 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory 1201 W. Gregory, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA

    Stephen P. Long

  3. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Bldg. 1062, Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831-6422, USA

    Richard J. Norby

  4. Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg, 14476, Golm, Germany

    Mark Stitt

  5. Queens College, City University of New York, 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY, 11367, USA

    George R. Hendrey

  6. Institute of Plant Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), 8092, Zurich, Switzerland

    Herbert Blum

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Rogers, A., Ainsworth, E.A. (2006). The Response of Foliar Carbohydrates to Elevated [CO2]. In: Nösberger, J., Long, S.P., Norby, R.J., Stitt, M., Hendrey, G.R., Blum, H. (eds) Managed Ecosystems and CO2 . Ecological Studies, vol 187. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31237-4_16

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