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A simple equipment was developed to cultivate young cereal plants under enhanced CO2 concentration. Cultivation system permits growing of about 40 barley seedlings for about 2 to 3 weeks. The system consists of two identical growth chambers (volume about 30 dm3), gas conditioning circuit and measuring circuit with an infra-red CO2 analyser. Capabilities of the whole equipment were tested by growing barley plants under 330 and 1000 cm3 (CO2)m−3 and in combination with high or low nitrate level.
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HÁK, R., NÁTR, L. Simple inexpensive laboratory equipment for cultivation of plants under various CO2 concentrations. Biol Plant 32, 205–210 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02890874
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