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Published in final edited form as: Nature. 2014 May 7;510(7503):139–142. doi: 10.1038/nature13179

Extended Data Table E4.

Percent change in nutrient content at elevated [CO2] compared with ambient [CO2] for all nutrients 

C3 grasses C3 legumes C4 grasses
Wheat Rice Field Peas Soybean Maize Sorghum
% 95% CI P-value % 95% CI P-value % 95% CI P-value % 95% CI P-value % 95% CI P-value % 95% CI P-value
Zinc (ppm) −9.3 (−12.7, −5.9) <.0001 −3.3 (−5.0, −1.7) <.0001 −6.8 (−9.8, −3.8) <.0001 −5.1 (−6.4, −3.9) <.0001 −5.2 (−10.7,0.6) 0.077 −1.3 (−6.2,3.8) 0.603
Iron (ppm) −5.1 (−6.5, −3.7) <.0001 −5.2 (−7.6, −2.9) <.0001 −4.1 (−6.7, −1.4) <.0001 −4.1 (−5.8, −2.5) <.0001 −5.8 (−10.9, −0.3) 0.038 1.6 (−5.8,9.7) 0.674
Phytate (mg/g) −4.2 (−7.5, −0.8) 0.009 1.2 (−4.6,7.4) 0.70 −5.8 (−11.5,0.1) 0.055 −1.3 (−3.7,1.2) 0.303 −6.1 (−15.0,3.7) 0.215 12.8 (−15.8,51.1) 0.418
Protein −6.3 (−7.5, −5.2) <.0001 −7.8 (−8.9, −6.8) <.0001 −2.1 (−4.0, −0.1) 0.039 0.5 (−0.4,1.3) 0.267 −4.6 (−13.0,4.5) 0.312 0.0 (−4.9,5.2) 0.993
Mn (ppm) −7.5 (−12.0, −2.8) 0.00 −2.5 (−4.2, −0.8) 0.005 −1.4 (−3.5,0.8) 0.204 −4.2 (−10.5,2.5) 0.215 1.7 (−4.5,8.3) 0.596
Mg (%) −0.9 (−2.3,0.6) 0.24 0.0 (−1.3,1.4) 0.960 −3.5 (−4.3, −2.8) <.0001 −5.7 (−9.9, −1.3) 0.011 −0.2 (−5.1,4.9) 0.944
Cu (ppm) −10.6 (−13.8, −7.1) <.0001 −2.7 (−5.1, −0.3) 0.025 −5.7 (−8.0, −3.4) <.0001 −9.9 (−19.3,0.7) 0.066 −2.9 (−7.1,1.5) 0.190
Ca (%) 2.0 (−0.8,4.9) 0.16 −0.5 (−4.2,3.3) 0.787 −5.8 (−7.3, −4.2) <.0001 −2.7 (−16.9,13.9) 0.734 11.2 (−5.2,30.3) 0.190
S (ppm) −7.8 (−8.8, −6.8) <.0001 −2.2 (−3.6, −0.7) 0.003 −2.9 (−3.5, −2.2) <.0001 2.1 (−2.2,6.7) 0.342 −0.2 (−5.4,5.2) 0.936
K (%) 1.1 (−0.3,2.5) 0.13 2.2 (0.6,3.8) 0.008 0.1 (−0.8,1.0) 0.857 −2.7 (−3.1, −2.2) <.0001 3.0 (−2.7,9.1) 0.308
B (ppm) 5.1 (1.9,8.4) 0.002 −1.9 (−3.9,0.1) 0.057 −6.4 (−9.1, −3.6) <.0001 4.9 (−1.0,11.1) 0.107 −0.3 (−9.3,9.6) 0.952
P (%) −1.0 (−2.4,0.4) 0.16 −3.7 (−6.8, −0.5) 0.023 −0.7 (−2.2,0.9) 0.379 −7.1 (−9.0, −5.1) <.0001 0.3 (−4.0,4.9) 0.881