Elizabeth A. Ainsworth
Agricultural Research Service
155 Papers
298 Citations
Elizabeth A. Ainsworth is an academic researcher from Agricultural Research Service. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biology & Stomatal conductance. The author has an hindex of 56, co-authored 138 publications. Previous affiliations of Elizabeth A. Ainsworth include United States Department of Agriculture & University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
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What have we learned from 15 years of free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE)? A meta-analytic review of the responses of photosynthesis, canopy properties and plant production to rising CO2.
TL;DR: The results from this review may provide the most plausible estimates of how plants in their native environments and field-grown crops will respond to rising atmospheric [CO(2)]; but even with FACE there are limitations, which are discussed.
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Estimation of total phenolic content and other oxidation substrates in plant tissues using Folin-Ciocalteu reagent.
TL;DR: A microplate-adapted colorimetric total phenolics assay that utilizes Folin–Ciocalteu (F–C) reagent is described that eliminates approximately 85% of ascorbic acid and other potentially interfering compounds.
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The response of photosynthesis and stomatal conductance to rising [CO2]: mechanisms and environmental interactions.
TL;DR: Improved understanding of the molecular and biochemical mechanisms by which plants respond to elevated [CO2], and the feedback of environmental factors upon them, will improve the ability to predict ecosystem responses to rising [ CO2] and increase the potential to adapt crops and managed ecosystems to future atmospheric [CO 2].
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Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide: plants FACE the future
TL;DR: Although trends agree with parallel summaries of enclosure studies, important quantitative differences emerge that have important implications both for predicting the future terrestrial biosphere and understanding how crops may need to be adapted to the changed and changing atmosphere.
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Food for Thought: Lower-Than-Expected Crop Yield Stimulation with Rising CO2 Concentrations
Stephen P. Long,Elizabeth A. Ainsworth,Elizabeth A. Ainsworth,Andrew D. B. Leakey,Josef Nösberger,Donald R. Ort +5 more
TL;DR: Free-air concentration enrichment (FACE) technology has now facilitated large-scale trials of the major grain crops at elevated [CO2] under fully open-air field conditions, which casts serious doubt on projections that rising carbon dioxide concentration will fully offset losses due to climate change.