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. 2017 Dec 22;69(3):483–496. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erx421

Table 4.

Comparison of the coefficients of determination (R2) for leaf traits taken from publications and this paper

A 400, A1500 and A2000, CO2 assimilation rate measured at 400, 1500 and 2000 μmol CO2 mol−1 inlet CO2, respectively. IS, initial slope of the ACi response curve.

Plant material and source V cmax/Vcmax25/IS J LMA/SLA Nmass/Narea Chlorophyll/SPAD A 400/A1500/A2000
159 tropical plants (Doughty et al., 2011) V cmax 0.39 0.52 LMA 0.9 Nmass 0.83 Chlorophyll 0.66 (Chl a)
Chlorophyll 0.67 (Chl b)
A 400 0.74
A1500 0.47
Aspen, cotton
(Serbin et al., 2012)
V cmax 0.89 0.93 LMA 0.95 Nmass 0.89
Wheat
(Ecarnot et al., 2013)
LMA 0.94 Nmass 0.94
Soybean
(Ainsworth et al., 2014)
V cmax25 0.88
Maize (Yendrek et al., 2017) V cmax 0.65 SLA 0.68 Nmass 0.96 Chlorophyll 0.85
Brassica
Moricandia
Maize
(Heckmann et al., 2017)
IS 0.55
IS 0.59
IS 0.54
A 2000 0.49
A2000 0.37
A2000 0.62
This study
Wheat/triticale
V cmax 0.74
Vcmax25 0.62
0.71 LMA 0.89 Nmass 0.7
Narea 0.93
SPAD 0.81 A 400 0.49