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PP Systems - Publications & References

This is just a small sampling of publications referencing our instrumentation.  If you have a publication that you would like to have included in this list, we will be happy to post it on our site.  Please email Publications and include your reference.

Bednarz, C.W. and M.W. van Iersel.  1998.  Semi-continuous CO2 exchange rates in cotton treated with commercially available plant growth regulators. Journal of Cotton Science 2:136-142.

Bednarz, C.W. and M.W. van Iersel.  1999.  Whole plant CO2 exchange rates in cotton treated with pyrithiobac.  Journal of Cotton Science 3:53-59.

Bednarz, C.W. and M.W. van Iersel.  2001.  Temperature response of whole-plant CO2 exchange rates of four upland cotton cultivars differing in leaf shape and leaf pubescence.  Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 32:2485-2501.

Miller, A.M., M.W. van Iersel, and A.M. Armitage.  2001.  Whole plant CO2 exchange responses of Angelonia angustifolia to temperature and irradiance. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 125:606-610.

van Iersel, M.W. and O.M. Lindstrom.  1999.  Temperature response of whole plant CO2 exchange rates of three magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora L.) cultivars. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 124:277-282.

van Iersel, M.W. and B. Bugbee.  2000.  A semi-continuous, multi-chamber crop CO2-exchange system: design, calibration, and data interpretation. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 125:86-92.

van Iersel, M.W. and J.-G. Kang.  2002.  Nutrient solution concentration affects whole-plant CO2 exchange of subirrigated pansy.  Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 127:423-429.

Dumka, D., C.W. Bednarz, and M.W. van Iersel.  2003.  Effect of flower bud removal on carbon dioxide exchange rates of cotton.  Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis.  In press.

Donoso, C., Pieters, A., Fernandez, M.D., Azkue, M. and Herrera, A. (1995). Stomatal characteristics and carbohydrate contens in four xerophytic species from Venezuela following exposure to elevated CO2. In: Photosynthesis: from Light to Biosphere. P. Mathis, ed. Vol. IV, 641-644. Kluwer Academic Publishers. The Netherlands.

Fernandez, M.D., Azkue, M., Pieters, A. and Herrera, A. (1995). Effect of elevated CO2 concentration on the gas exchange of four xerophytic species from Venezuela. In: Photosynthesis: from Light to Biosphere. P. Mathis, ed. Vol. V, 997-1000. Kluwer Academic Publishers. The Netherlands.

McKee, I.F., Farage, P.K. and Long, S.P. (1995). The interactive effects of elevated CO2 and O3 concentration on photosynthesis in spring wheat. Photosynthesis Research 45, pp. 111-119.

Blanke, Michael M. Soil respiration in an apple orchard. Environmental and Experimental Botany, Volume 36, pp. 339-348, (1996).Cleveland, C. C., A. R. Townsend and S. K. Schmidt.  2002.  Phosphorus limitation of microbial processes in moist tropical forests. Ecosystems 5: 680-691.

Calleja, Maria Ll., Duarte, Carlos M., Navarro, Nuria, Augusti, Susana, Control of air-sea CO2 disequilibria in the subtropical NE Atlantic by planktonic metabolism under the ocean skin, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L08606, April 21, 2005.

Euskirchen, E.S., J. Chen, E.J. Gustafson, S. Ma.  In press. Soil respiration at dominant ecosystems within a managed northern Wisconsin landscape.  Ecosystems.

Giammanco, S., Parello, F., Gambardella, B., Schifano, R., Pizzullo, S., Galante, B., Focused and diffuse effluxes of CO2 from mud volcanoes and mofettes south of Mt. Etna (Italy), Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 165, 46-63, 2007.

Hamcher M, Blanks M.M. and Lenz F. (1994). Diurnal CO2 fluctuations in an Apple Orchard. Environmental and Experimental Botany,34,385-391.

Kane, E.S., K.S. Pregitzer, and A.J. Burton.  2003.  Soil respiration along environmental gradients in Olympic National Park.  Ecosytems  in press (soil respiration with EGM-2 and SRC-1).

Kane, E.S., Valentine, D.W., Michaelson, G.J., Fox, J.D., Ping, C-L, 2006.  Controls over pathways of carbon efflux from soils along climate and black spruce productivity gradients in interior Alaska, 38, (2006) 1438-1450.

Lepsis, J and M.M. Blanke, 2005: Phytotoxicity, ecotoxicity and breakdown of taroil from impregnated tree stakes. UMSF 17 (1), 13-19 (impact factor 1.2)

Parkinson, K.J.(1981) An improved method for measuring soil respiration in the field. Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 18, pp. 221-228 .

Thomas, Stephen M., David Whitehead, John A. Adams, Jeff B. Reid, Robert R. Sherlock, and Alan C. Leckie. Seasonal root distribution and soil carbon fluxes for one-year-old Pinus radiata trees growing at ambient and elevated carbon dioxide concentration. Tree Physiology, Volume 16 (11/12): November/December 1996, pp 1015-1021.

Kirsch, A., Franken and M.M. Blanke: Field measurement of substrate-induced respiration. Zeitschrift Pflanzenernährung Bodenkunde 163, 165-171 (2000)

McLain, Jean E. T.; Kepler, Thomas B.; Ahmann, Dianne M. (2002) Below ground factors mediating changes in methane consumption in a forest soil under elevated CO2 Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 16(3) 53-66.

Silva, Joao, Santos, Rui, Calleja, Maria Ll., Duarte, Carlos M., Submerged versus air-exposed intertidal macrophyte productivity: from physiological to community-level assessments, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 317 (2005) 87-95.

Wheeler, T.R., Morison, J.I.L., Ellis, R.H. and Hadley, P. (1994). Effects of CO2, temperature and their interaction on the growth and yield of carrot (Daucus carota L.). Plant, Cell and Environment: 17, 1275-1284.

Wheeler, T.R., Ellis, R.H., Hadley, P. and Morison, J.I.L. (1995). Effects of CO2, temperature and their interaction on the growth, development and yield of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea L. botrytis). Scientia Horticulturea: 60, 181-197.

Wolfenden, J. and Diggle, P.J. (1995) Canopy gas exchange and growth of upland pasture swards in elevated CO2. New Phytologist: 130, 369-380.

Parkinson, K.J. Porometry. Instrumentation for Environmental Physiology. Eds Marshall B. and Woodward F.I., Cambridge University Press , pp 171- 186, ISBN 0-521-25399-3

CIRAS-DC Differential CO2/H2O Infrared Gas Analysis System Publications

Perez Peña, J. and Tarara, J. 2004. A portable whole canopy gas exchange system for several mature field-grown grapevines. Vitis 43, 7-14.

Badiani, M., A. D'Annibale, A.R. Paolacci, F. Miglietta, A. Raschi (1993). The antioxidant status of soybean (Glycine Max) leaves grown under natural CO2 enrichment in the field. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 20: 275-284.

Bettarini, I., F. Vaccari (1996). Effetti di prolungate esposizioni ad elevate concentrazioni di andidride carbonica sulla composizione isotopica del carbonio in una specie vegetale spontanea. Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano, (submitted).

Bettarini, I., F. Vaccari, F. Miglietta (1996). Elevated CO2 concentration and stomatal density: observations from 17 plant species growing in the Bossoleto CO2 spring. Global Change Biology, (submitted).

Blanke M.M., Bacher W., Pring R.J., Baker E.A. (1996). Ammonium Nutrition enhances Chlorophyll and Glaucousness in Kohlrabi. Annals of Botany,78,599-604.

Blanke M.M., Holthe P.A. (1997).Bioenergetics, maintenance Respiration and Transpiration of Pepper Fruits. Journal of Plant Physiology, 150, pp 247-250.

Bunce JA 2002 Carbon dioxide concentration at night affects translocation from soybean leaves.  Annals of Botany 90: 399-403

Bunce JA 2002 Sensitivity of infrared water vapor analyzers to oxygen concentration and errors in stomatal conductance.  Photosynthesis Research 71: 273-276.

Bunce JA 2001 Are annual plants adapted to the current atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide.  International Journal of Plant Sciences 162: 1261-1266.

Bunce JA 2001 Seasonal patterns of photosynthetic response and acclimation to elevated carbon dioxide in field-grown strawberry.  Photosynthesis Research 68: 237-245.

Bunce JA & Sicher RC 2001 Water stress and day-to-day variation in apparent photosynthetic acclimation of field-grown soybeans to elevated carbon dioxide concentration.  Photosynthetica 39: 95-101.

Burton, A.J., and K.S. Pregitzer.  2003.  Field measurements of root respiration indicate little to no seasonal temperature acclimation for sugar maple and red pine. Tree Physiol.  23:273-280.   http://heronpublishing.com/tree/summaries/volume23/a23-273.html (root respiration with Ciras-I and root cuvette)

Burton, A.J., K.S. Pregitzer, R.W. Ruess, R.L. Hendrick, and M.F. Allen. 2002.  Root respiration in North American forests:  effects of nitrogen concentration and temperature across biomes.  Oecologia 131:559-568. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-002-0931-7
(root respiration with Ciras-I and root cuvette)

Burton, A.J., and K.S. Pregitzer.  2002.  Measurement carbon dioxide concentration does not affect root respiration rates of nine tree species in the field.  Tree Physiol. 22:67-72. http://heronpublishing.com/tree/files/domain/data/contents/summary/vol22/a22-67.html (root respiration with Ciras-I and root cuvette)

Cai, T.B. and Q.L. Dang. 2002. Effects of soil temperature on parameters for a coupled photosynthesis-stomatal conductance model. Tree Physiology 22:819-828.

Chen HX, Li WJ, An SZ, Gao HY (2003) The role of calcium in alleviating photoinhibition in NaCl-stressed leaves of Rumex K-1 seedlings. Journal of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, 29: 449-454

Chen HX, Li WJ, An SZ, Gao HY (2004) Characterization of PSII Photochemistry and Thermostability in Salt-treated Rumex Leaves. Journal of Plant Physiology, 161: 257-264

Chen HX, Gao HY, An SZ, Li WJ (2004) Dissipation of excess energy in Mehler-peroxidase reaction in Rumex leaves during salt shock. Photosynthetica, 42: 117-122

Chen HX, An SZ, Li WJ, Gao HY,Zou Q (2004) Enhancement of the Mehler-peroxidase reaction in salt-stressed Rumex K-1 leaves.  Acta Botanic Sinica, 46: 811-818

Chen HX, An SZ, Li WJ, Gao HY (2004) NaCl stress increases the heat tolerance of PSII in leaves of Rumex K-1 seedlings. Journal of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, 30: 345-350.

Chen HX, Li PM, Gao HY (2007) Alleviation of photoinhibition by calcium supplement in salt-treated Rumex leaves. Physiologia Plantarum, 129386-396

Cheng, L. 2003. Xanthophyll cycle pool size and composition in relation to nitrogen content of apple leaves.  Journal of Experimental Botany    381:385-393.

Cheng, L, L. H. Fuchigami, and P. J. Breen. 2001. The relationship between photosystem II efficiency and quantum yield for CO2 assimilation is not affected by nitrogen content in apple leaves.  Journal of Experimental Botany 52: 1865-1872.

Cheng, L. and L. H. Fuchigami 2000.  Rubisco activation state decreases with increasing nitrogen content in apple leaves. Journal of Experimental Botany 51: 1687-1694.

Cheng, L, L. H. Fuchigami and P. J. Breen. 2000. Light absorption and partitioning in response to nitrogen in apple leaves. Journal of American Society for Horticultural Science 125: 581-587.

Cheng, L. and L. H. Fuchigami 2000. CO2 assimilation in relation to nitrogen content in apple leaves.  Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 75: 383-387.

Collis, B.E., Plum, S.A. and Farrar, J.F. (1996). Root growth of barley at elevated CO2. IN Aspects of Applied Biology: 45, Implications of "Global environmental Change" for Crops in Europe eds. R.J. Froud-Williams, R. Harrington, T.J. Hoching, H.G. Smith, T.H. Thomas. pp. 147-153.

Dai JM, Gao HY, Dai Y, Zou Q (2004) Changes in activity of energy dissipating mechanisms in wheat flag leaves during senescence. Plant Biology, 6: 171-177

Desrochers A., Landhäusser S.M., and V.J. Lieffers. 2002. Coarse and fine root respiration in P. tremuloides. Tree physiology 22: 725–732.

DesRochers, A., van den Driessche, R., and Thomas, B.R. 2003. Nitrogen fertilization of aspen seedlings grown on soils of different pH. Can. J. For. Res. 33:552-560

Dever, L.V., Blackwell, R.D., Fullwood, N.J., Lacuesta, M., Leegood, R.C., Onek, L.A., Pearson, M. and Lea, P.J. (1995). The isolation and characterisation of mutants of the C4 photosynthetic pathway. Journal of Experimental Botany: 46, Special Issue, 1363-1376.

Donoso, C., Pieters, A., Fernandez, M.D., Azkue, M. and Herrera, A. (1995). Stomatal characteristics and carbohydrate contens in four xerophytic species from Venezuela following exposure to elevated CO2. In: Photosynthesis: from Light to Biosphere. P. Mathis, ed. Vol. IV, 641-644. Kluwer Academic Publishers. The Netherlands.

Feng YN, Zheng GS, Wang ZZ, Gao HY (2006) Relationship between Carbohydrate Allocation and Photosynthesis in Leaves in Florescence and Flower Senescence Period in Tree Peony Acta Horticulturae Sinica, 34(1):153-156

Fernandez, M.D., Azkue, M., Pieters, A. and Herrera, A. (1995). Effect of elevated CO2 concentration on the gas exchange of four xerophytic species from Venezuela. In: Photosynthesis: from Light to Biosphere. P. Mathis, ed. Vol. V, 997-1000. Kluwer Academic Publishers. The Netherlands.

Francesconi, A.H.D., A.N. Lakso, J.P. Nyrop, J. Barnard and S.S. Denning. (1996). Carbon balance as a physiological basis for the interactions of European Red Mite and crop load on 'Starkrimson Delicious' apple trees. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci: 121 (in press).

Francesconi, A.H.D., C.B. Watkins, A.N. Lakso, J.P. Nyrop, J. Barnard and S.S. Denning. (1996). Interactions of European Red Mite and crop load on maturity and quality, mineral concentrations and economic value of 'Starkrimson Delicious' apples. J. Amer. Hort. Sci: 121 (in press).

GAO Qing-hai, XU Kun, GAO Hui-yuan, WU Yan 2005Screening on Chilling Tolerance of Different Eggplant Rootstock Seedlings. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 38 (5)1005-1010.

GAO QH ,WU Y ,XU K ,GAO HY2006 Responses of graf ted eggplant seedling roots to low temperature stress. Chinese Journal Of ApplIed Ecology, 17 (3) ∶390394

Gibberd MR, Turner NT, Storey R (2002) Influence of saline irrigation on growth, ion accumulation and partitioning, and leaf gas exchange of carrots (Daucus carota L.). Annals of Botany 90, 715-724.

Gibberd MR, Walker RR, Condon AG (2003) Transpiration efficiency of grapevines grown under saline irrigation is increased through the use of a Cl--excluding rootstock. Functional Plant Biology 30, (in press).

Glenn, D. Michael, Gary J. Puterka, Stephen R. Drake, Thomas R. Unruh, Allen L. Knight, Pedro Baherle, Ernesto Prado, Tara A. Baugher. Particle Film Application Influences Apple Leaf Physiology, Fruit Yield, and Fruit Quality. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 126(2): 175-181. 2001.

Gunawan, V.S. (1995). Influence of rootstocks on growth and leaf gas exchange in salt stressed avocado plants. Horticulture 400 Report. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Western Australia, 69 pp.

Gunn, S., Bailey S.J. and Farrar, J.F. (1996). The effects of CO2 on carbon partitioning in Dactylis glomerata. IN Aspects of Applied Biology: 45, Implications of "Global environmental Change" for Crops in Europe eds. R.J. Froud-Williams, R. Harrington, T.J. Hocking, H.G. Smith, T.H. Thomas. pp. 147-153.

Hua Yu and Bee-Lian Ong. 2000. Photosynthesis and antioxidant enzymes of phyllodes of Acacia mangium, Plant Science 159: 107-115.

Hua Yu and Bee-Lian Ong. 2002. The effect of phyllode temperature on the gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence of of Acacia mangium, Photosynthetica , accepted.

Husted, S., Schjoerring, J.K. (1996). Ammonia compensation points in two cultivars of Hordeum vulgare L. during vegetative and generative growth. Plant, Cell & Environment (in press).

Husted, S., Schjoerring, J.K. (1996). Ammonia flux between Brassica napus plants and the atmosphere in response to changes in leaf temperature, light intensity, and air humidity. Plant Physiology (in press).

Husted, S., Schjoerring, J.K. (1996). Apoplastic pH and Ammonium concentrations in leaves of Brassica napus L. Plant Physiology: 109, 1453-1460.

Iersel, Marc van. (1997). Tactile Conditioning Increases Water Use by Tomato. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 122(2):285-289. 1997.

Jiang CD, Gao HY, Zou Q (2001) Enhanced thermal energy dissipation depending on xanthophyll cycle and D1 protein turnover in iron-deficient maize leaves exposed to high light. Photosynthetica, 39: 269-274

Jiang CD, Gao HY, Zou Q (2002) Characteristics of photosynthetic apparatus in Mn-starved leaves. Photosynthetica, 40: 209-213

Jiang CD, Gao HY, Zou Q (2002) Increase in excitation energy dissipation by iron Deficiency in Soybean Leaves. Journal of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, 28: 127-132

Jiang CD, Gao HY, Zou Q (2002) Energy-dependent quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence is depressed in Mn-starved soybean leaves. Journal of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, 28: 287-291

Jiang CD, Gao HY, Zou Q (2003) Changes in donor and accept side in photosystem 2 complex in attached soybean and maize leaves caused by iron deficiency. Photosynthetica, 41: 267-271

Jiang CD, Gao HY, Zou Q, J GM (2003) Inhibition of photosynthesis by shift in the balance of excitation energy distribution between photsystems in dithiothretol treated soybean leaves. Photosynthetica, 42: 409-415

Jiang CD, Gao HY, Zou Q (2003) Effects of streptomycin treatment on the chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and the level of the xanthophyll de-epoxidation in maize leaves. Journal of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, 29: 221-226

Jiang CD, Gao HY, Zou Q, Jiang GM (2003) Imbalance in excited energy distribution between two photosystems induced by feeding dithiothreitol to soybean leaves. Journal of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, 29: 561-568

Jiang CD, Gao HY, Zou Q (2003) Enhanced thermal dissipation depending on xanthophyll cycle in iron-deficient soybean and maize leaves. Journal of Shandong Agricultural University (Natural Science Edition), 34: 1-4

Jiang CD, Gao HY, Zou Q, Jiang GM (2004) Photosynthetic Characteristics and Photoprotective Mechanisms During Leaf Development of Soybean Plants Grown in the Field. Journal of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, 30: 428-434

Jiang CD, Li PM, Gao HY, Zou Q, Jiang GM, Li LH (2005) Enhanced photoprotection at the early stages of leaf expansion in field-grown soybean plants. Plant Science, 168: 911-919

Jiang CD, Gao HY ,Zou Q ,Jinag GM, LI LH 2005The co-operation of leaf orientation, photorespiration and thermal dissipation alleviate photoinhibition in young leaves of soybean plants. Acta Ecologia Sinica, 25(2)319-325

Jiang CD, Gao HY, Zou Q, Jiang GM, Li LH (2006) Leaf orientation, photorespiration and xanthophyll cycle protect young soybean leaves against high irradiance in field. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 55: 87-96

Jiang CD, Shi L, Gao HY, Schansker G, Tóth SZ, Strasser RJ (2006) Development of photosystems 2 and 1 during leaf growth in grapevine seedlings probed by chlorophyll a fluorescence transient and 820 nm transmission in vivo. Photosynthetica, 44: 454-463.

Jiang CD, Gao HY, Zou Q ,Shi L (2007) Effects of Iron Deficiency on Photosynthesis and Photosystem II Function in Soybean Leaf. Journal of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, 33(1) : 53-60

Jiang, Y.W., R.R. Duncan, and R.N. Carrow. 2003. Assessment of low light tolerance in warm-season turfgrasses. (Crop Sci, in review).

Jones, M.B., Clifton Brown J., Raschi, A., Miglietta, F. (1995). The effects on Arbutus unedo L. of long-term exposure to elevated CO2. Global Change Biology, 1: 295-302.

Kang, J.G. and M.W. van Iersel.  2003.  Nutrient solution concentration affects shoot-root ratio, leaf area ratio, and growth of subirrigated salvia (Salvia splendens).  HortScience.  In press.

Korner, C., Miglietta, F. (1994). Long term effects of naturally elevated CO2 on Mediterranean grassland and forest trees. Oecologia, 99: 343-351.

Lakso, A.N., G.B. Mattii, J.P. Nyrop and S.S. Denning. (1996). Influence of European Red Mite on leaf and whole canopy CO2 exchange, yield, fruit size and quality in 'Delicious' apple trees. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci: 121 (in press).

Landhäusser S.M., Desrochers A., and V.J. Lieffers. 2001. A comparison of growth and physiology in white spruce (Picea glauca) and aspen (Populus tremuloides) at different soil temperatures. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 31: 1922-1929.

Lee TD, Reich PB, Tjoelker MG. 2003. Legume presence increases photosynthesis and N concentrations of co-occurring non-fixers but does not modulate their responsiveness to carbon dioxide enrichment. Oecologia 137:22-31. 

Lee TD, Tjoelker MG, Reich PB, Russelle MP. 2003. Contrasting response of an N-fixing and non N-fixing forb to elevated CO2: dependence on soil N supply. Plant and Soil 255:475-486.

Lee TD, Tjoelker MG, Ellsworth DS, Reich PB. 2001. Leaf gas exchange responses of 13 prairie grassland species to elevated carbon dioxide and increased nitrogen supply. New Phytologist 150: 405-418. 

Li PM, Gao HY, Zou Q, Wang T, Liu Y (2005) The photosynthetic characteristics of five species of Cymbidium. Acta Horticulturae Sinica, 32: 151-154.

Li PM, Cai RG, Gao HY, Peng T, Wang ZL (2006) Partitioning of excitation energy in two wheat cultivars with different grain protein contents grown under three nitrogen applications in the field. Physiologia Plantarum, 2007, 129:822-829.

LI H-D , Gao H-Y (2007) Effects of Different Nitrogen Application Rate on Allocation of Photosynthetic Electron Flux in Rumex K-1 Leaves. Journal of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology  33(5).

Lootens, P. and Heursel, J., (1998). Irradiance, Temperature, and Carbon Dioxide Enrichment Affect Photosynthesis in Phalaenopsis Hybrids. HortScience, Vol. 33(7), December 1998.

MacKerness, A.H., Butt, S., Jordan, B.R., Thomas, B. (1996). Amelioration of UV-B induced down-regulation of mRNA levels for chloroplast proteins, by high irradiance, is mediated by photosynthesis. J. Plant Physiology: 148, 100-106.

Marler, Thomas E., Willis, Leah E. (1997). Leaf Gas-exchange Characteristics of Sixteen Cycad Species. J. Amer. Hort. Sci. 122(1): 38-42. 1997.

Miglietta, F., Raschi, A., Bettarini, I., Selvi, F. (1992). Vegetazione di aree arricohite da emmissioni naturali di anidride carbonica dell'Italia centrale. Acqua Aria, 9: 869-873.

Miglietta, F., Raschi, A. (1993). Studying the effect of elevated CO2 in the open in a naturally enriched environment in Central Italy. Vegetatio 104/105: 391-400.

Miglietta, F., Bettarini, I., Raschi, A., Korner, C. (1996). Isotope discrimination and photosynthesis of vegetation growing in the Bossoleto CO2 spring. Global Change Biology, (in press).

Miglietta, F., Raschi, A., Resti, R., Badiani, M. (1993). Growth and ont-morphogenesis of soybean (Glycine max Merril) in a open, naturally CO2 - enriched environment. Plant, Cell and Environment, 16: 909-918.

Miglietta, F., A. Raschi, M. Badiani, I. Bettarini, P. vanGardingen, (1993). Carbon dioxide springs and their use for experimentation. In: E.D. Schultze & H.A. Mooney (eds.) Desing and Execution of Experiments on CO2 Enrichment, pp. 393-403, Ecosystems Research Report no. 6, Commission of the European Communities.

Miglietta, F., A. Raschi, I. Bettarini, R. Resti, F. Selvi (1993). CO2 springs in Italy: A resource for examining the long-term response of vegetation to rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Plant, Cell and Environment, 16: 873-878.

Miglietta, F., Badiani, M., Bettarini, I., van Gardingen, P., Selvi, F., Raschi, A. (1995). Preliminary studies of the long-term CO2 response of Mediterranean vegetation around natural CO2 vents. In: Moreno, J.M., Oechel, W.C. (eds.) Anticipated Effects of a Changing Global Environment in Mediterranean -type Ecosystems, Springer-Verlag, New York, cap. 5, 102-120.

MORIANA, A; VILLALOBOS, F.J.; FERERES, E. (2002). Stomatal and photosynthetic responses of olive (Olea  europaea L.) leaves to water deficits. Plant, Cell and Environment 25:395-405

Pearson, M., Davies, W.J. and Mansfield, T.A. (1995). Asymmetrical responses of adaxial and abaxial stomata to elevated CO2 impacts on the control of gas exchange by leaves. Plant, Cell & Environment: 18, 837-843.

Pearson, M. and Brooks, G.L. (1995). The influence of elevated CO2 on age-related changes in leaf gas exchange. Journal of Experimental Botany: 46, 1651-1659.

Pearson, M. and Brooks, G.L. (1996). The effect of elevated CO2 and grazing by Gastrophysa viridula on the physiology and regrowth of Rumex obtusifolius. New Physiologist. In Press (August).

Ren L-L, Gao H-Y (2007) Effects of Chilling Stress under Weak Light on Functions of Photosystems in Leaves of Wild Soybean and Cultivatar Soybean. Journal of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology  33(4) : 333-340

Sheng RY, Li PM, Xue GX, Zhao XX, Gao HY (2006) Choline chloride protects cell membrane and the photosynthetic apparatus in cucumber seedling leaves at low temperature and weak light. Journal of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, 32: 87-93

Sicher RC & Bunce JA 2001 Adjustments of net photosynthesis in Solanum tuberosum in response to reciprocal changes in ambient and elevated CO2 partial pressures.  Physiologia Plantarum 112: 55-61.

Sun S, Li PM, Gao HY (2006) Photosynthetic Induction and Photosynthetic Response to Environmental Factors in 4 Highbush Blueberry Cultivars.  Acta Horticulturae Sinica, 34(1):67-70

Tartachnyk, I. and M.M. Blanke, 2004: Effect of delayed fruit harvest on photosynthesis, transpiration and nutrient mobilisation in apple leaves.  New Phytol. 164 441-450 (impact factor 2.9)

van Iersel, M.W.  1997.  Tactile conditioning increases water use by tomato. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 122:285-289.

Walcroft, Adrian S., Warwick B. Silvestor, Jenny C. Grace, Sue D. Carson, Richard H. Waring. (1995). Effects of branch length on carbon isotope discrimination in Pinus radiata. Tree Physiology: vol. 16, no. 1/2, Jan/Feb, 1996.

Wallin, G., Linder, S., Lindroth, A., Räntfors, M., Flemberg, S. & Grelle, A. (2001). Carbon dioxide exchange in boreal norway spruce at shoot, tree, and ecosystem scale. Tree Physiology, vol 21, 969-976.

Wise, R.R., A.J. Olson, S.M. Schrader and T.D. Sharkey.  2004.  Electron transport is the functional limitation of photosynthesis in field-grown Pima cotton plants at high temperature. Plant, Cell & Environment 27: 717-724.

Wohlfahrt G., Bahn M., Tappeiner U., Cernusca A. (2001) A multi-component, multi-species model of vegetation-atmosphere CO2 and energy exchange for mountain grasslands. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 106, 261-287.

Wohlfahrt G., Bahn M., Tappeiner U., Cernusca A. (2000) A model of whole plant gas exchange for herbaceous species from mountain grassland sites differing in land use. Ecological Modelling 125, 173-201.

Wohlfahrt G., Bahn M., Cernusca A. (1999b) The use of the ratio between the photosynthesis parameters Pml and VCmax for scaling up photosynthesis of C3 plants from leaves to canopies: a critical examination of different modelling approaches. Journal of Theoretical Biology 200, 163-181.

Wohlfahrt G., Bahn M., Haubner E., Horak I., Michaeler W., Rottmar K., Tappeiner U., Cernusca A. (1999a) Inter-specific variation of the biochemical limitation to photosynthesis and related leaf traits of 30 species from mountain grassland differing in land use. Plant, Cell and Environment 22, 1281-1296.

Wohlfahrt G., Bahn M., Horak I., Tappeiner U., Cernusca A. (1998) A nitrogen sensitive model of leaf carbon dioxide and water vapour gas exchange: application to 13 key species from differently managed mountain grassland ecosystems. Ecological Modelling 113, 179-199.

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English-Loeb, Greg, Norton, Andrew P., Gadoury, David, Seem, Robert, Wilcox, Wayne, Biological Control of Grape Powdery Mildew Using Mycophagous Mites, The American Phytopathological Society, PDIS-91-4-0421, 2007.

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Hilker T, Coops NC, Nesic Z, Wulder MA, Black TA (2007) Instrumentation and Approach for Unattended Year Round Tower Based Measurements of Spectral Reflectance.  Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 56, 72-84.

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Stylinski C.D., Gamon J.A. & Oechel W.C. (2002) Seasonal patterns of reflectance indices, carotenoid pigments and photosynthesis of evergreen chaparral species. Oecologia 131:366-374.

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