Yield responses of wild C3 and C4 crop progenitors to subambient CO2: a test for the role of CO2 limitation in the origin of agriculture

Presents data showing that glacial Ca also reduces grain yield in C3 and C4 crop types

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2017
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Agriculture
Authors:
Cunniff, J, Jones, G, Charles, M, Osborne, C.P.

Abstract

Results suggest that grain production of both C3 and C4 crop progenitors was limited by the atmospheric conditions of the last glacial period.

Citation

Cunniff, J., Jones, G., Charles, M. and Osborne, C.P. (2017) Yield responses of wild C3 and C4 crop progenitors to subambient CO2: a test for the role of CO2 limitation in the origin of agriculture. Global Change Biology 23(1), 380–393.

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