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.
Organ | DAP | Biomass |
Starch |
Fatty Acids |
Proteins |
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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 |