Additional index words. elevated CO 2 concentration, Angelica, canopy net photosynthetic rate, dark respiration rate, dry weight Abstract. Long-term exposure to an elevated ambient carbon dioxide (eCO 2 ) concentration could weaken or diminish the enhancement of plant photosynthesis and growth. To monitor this response and offer references for growth management, the whole-plant photosynthetic rate (P n,w ) and dark respiration rate (R d,w ) of Angelica acutiloba Kitagawa transplants were monitored with a growth chamber. The results showed that eCO 2 increased both the P n,w and R d,w by (79 ± 42) % and (126 ± 51) %. The dry weight of transplants under eCO 2 was 33.6% greater than that under aCO 2 . However, the photosynthetic acclimation to eCO 2 occurred. The increase in the P n,w was maintained until the end of the experiment due to increased leaf area. Moreover, the increase in plant dry weight mainly occurred in the first 15 days of treatment. Furthermore, the dry weight estimated based on the P n,w and R d,w agreed well with the measured dry weight. The relative growth rate (RGR) calculated with the estimated dry weight demonstrated the response of transplant growth to eCO 2 . These results indicated that the proposed method can be used to monitor the response of plant growth to eCO 2 .CO 2 is the substrate for plant photosynthesis. An eCO 2 concentration can stimulate the photosynthetic rate by increasing the substrate availability of Rubisco carboxylation and inhibiting the competitive oxygenation of the enzyme (Long et al., 2004;Stitt and Krapp, 1999). As a result, plants exposed to eCO 2 usually show accelerated growth rates and high yields (e.g.
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