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Konjak (Amorphophallus konjac K. Koch) was grown under normal (350 μbar) or enriched (700 μbar) CO2 partial pressure in glasshouses kept at 33/26°C. Doubling the CO2 partial pressure resulted in twice the yield of corm because the net CO2 assimilation rate doubled and, due to the simple source-sink relationship, the increased production was partitioned to the corm. The response to CO2 of assimilation by konjak is discussed in relation to its original habitat in the tropics.
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Imai, K., Coleman, D.F. Elevated atmospheric partial pressure of carbon dioxide and dry matter production of konjak (Amorphophallus konjac K. Koch). Photosynth Res 4, 331–336 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00054141
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