FACE-ing the facts: inconsistencies and interdependence among field, chamber and modeling studies of elevated [CO2] impacts on crop yield and food supply

Elizabeth A Ainsworth^{1

2}, Andrew D B Leakey², Donald R Ort^{1

2}, Stephen P Long²

Affiliations

¹ USDA ARS Photosynthesis Research Unit, 1201 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
² Department of Plant Biology and Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana IL 61801, USA.

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Comparative Study

Elizabeth A Ainsworth et al. New Phytol. 2008.

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. 2008;179(1):5-9.

doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02500.x. Epub 2008 May 13.

Elizabeth A Ainsworth^{1

2}, Andrew D B Leakey², Donald R Ort^{1

2}, Stephen P Long²

¹ USDA ARS Photosynthesis Research Unit, 1201 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
² Department of Plant Biology and Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana IL 61801, USA.

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