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. 2015 Sep 2;169(3):1755–1765. doi: 10.1104/pp.15.01054

Table I. Biomass (g) and starch, fatty acids, and proteins contents (% of dry weight) of leaves, culm, roots, prop roots, and grains of sorghum ‘BRS 330’ at ambient and elevated CO2 at 90 and 120 DAP.

Values are means ± sd of biological replicates. n = 3. Boldface values indicate significant statistical differences between treatments (P < 0.05). n.d., Not detected.

Organ DAP Biomass
Starch
Fatty Acids
Proteins
Ambient CO2 Elevated CO2 Ambient CO2 Elevated CO2 Ambient CO2 Elevated CO2 Ambient CO2 Elevated CO2
Leaves 90 23.54 ± 6.84 32.63 ± 5.4 n.d. n.d. 1.49 ± 0.09 1.42 ± 0.04 14.4 ± 1.23 16.8 ± 0.45
120 17.75 ± 2.04 26.19 ± 3.8 n.d. n.d. 1.09 ± 0.07 1.23 ± 0.05 16.3 ± 2.01 19.1 ± 2.70
Culm 90 13.25 ± 4.51 15.49 ± 2.96 n.d. n.d. 0.29 ± 0.02 0.30 ± 0.03 2.2 ± 0.26 1.9 ± 0.08
120 13.69 ± 4.79 10.80 ± 1.96 n.d. n.d. 0.22 ± 0.02 0.24 ± 0.00 2.0 ± 0.32 1.9 ± 0.32
Roots 90 10.74 ± 3.54 9.17 ± 2.03 n.d. n.d. 0.29 ± 0.02 0.29 ± 0.01 3.9 ± 0.15 3.4 ± 0.22
120 10.41 ± 4.34 14.25 ± 7.79 n.d. n.d. 0.21 ± 0.00 0.21 ± 0.00 3.2 ± 0.15 3.6 ± 0.42
Prop roots 90 5.46 ± 1.78 10.48 ± 1.2 n.d. n.d. 0.21 ± 0.01 0.19 ± 0.02 4.1 ± 0.69 3.1 ± 0.16
120 2.76 ± 0.16 3.5 ± 0.72 n.d. n.d. 0.18 ± 0.01 0.17 ± 0.01 2.5 ± 0.12 2.3 ± 0.28
Grains 90 34.74 ± 3.14 30.08 ± 7.51 57.4 ± 4.51 51.6 ± 6.06 1.91 ± 0.14 1.32 ± 0.11 7.5 ± 0.53 10.1 ± 0.70
120 61.95 ± 16.92 46.91 ± 13.56 59.9 ± 1.15 57.3 ± 2.43 2.09 ± 0.03 2.10 ± 0.13 5.1 ± 0.10 8.1 ± 0.68