Interactive Effects of CO₂ and Water on Plant Growth

Click on the links below to access reviews of the scientific literature on this topic that have been published since the 2009 NIPCC report.

Drought-Induced Oxidative Stress in Grassland Plants (13 February 2013)
Antioxidant Enzyme Responses of Winter Wheat to Drought Stress (26 September 2012)
Growth of Water-Stressed Maize and Sorghum Plants (22 February 2012)
Historical Increases in the Water Use Efficiency of Ponderosa Pines (13 September 2011)
CO₂ vs. UV Radiation: Effects on Yield Components of Canola (7 September 2011)
Potato Response to Water Stress (12 July 2011)
Resiliency of the Carob or St. John's Bread Tree to Climate Change (6 July 2011)
Effects of CO₂ on Cereal Grain and Protein Production (5 July 2011)
Effects of Elevated CO₂ and Drought Stress on Nitrogen Metabolism in Barley (5 July 2011)
Elevated CO₂ Mitigates Negative Drought Effects on Barley Plants (27 April 2011)
Atmospheric CO₂ Enrichment and the Growth of Corn Under Various Degrees of Water Stress (5 April 2011)
The Future of Mediterranean Forests (23 February 2011)
Enchytraeid Worm Responses to CO₂, Warming and Drought (19 January 2011)
Submergence Tolerance of the Wetland Plant Hordeum marinum (20 October 2010)
The Impact of Elevated CO₂ on Bur Oak Response to Drought (7 July 2010)
Southern U.S. Pines Can Take the Heat (1 July 2010)