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N2 fixation by Acacia species increases under elevated atmospheric CO2

Date

Authors

Schortemeyer, Marcus

Atkin, Owen

McFarlane, Nola

Evans, John

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

In the present study the effect of elevated CO2 on growth and nitrogen fixation of seven Australian Acacia species was investigated. Two species from semi-arid environments in central Australia (Acacia aneura and A. tetragonophylla) and five species from

Keywords

Keywords: carbon dioxide enrichment; growth response; nitrogen fixation; Acacia; Acacia aneura; Acacia dealbata; Acacia mearnsii; Acacia melanoxylon; Aneura Acacia; Elevated atmospheric CO2; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogenase; Relative growth rate

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/93235

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Plant Cell and Environment

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1046/j.1365-3040.2002.00831.x