1:30 PM: EGERTON, JOHN^*,1, LOVEYS, BETH¹, BRUHN, DAN¹, PIPPEN, WAYNE¹, BALL, MARILYN¹, ¹ Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Disturbance and elevated [CO₂] promote establishment of woody plants in grasslands.

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1:50 PM: BassiriRad, Hormoz¹, Sehtiya, Harbans¹, ¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Chicag, IL, USA, Elevated CO₂ alters xylem sap profile of amino acids and their supply rate to the shoot.

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2:10 PM: Springer, Clint¹, Crowe, Nikki², Orozco, Rebecca¹, Ward, Joy^*,1, ¹ University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA² Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, KS, USA, Physiological and molecular mechanisms controlling plant development at elevated CO₂.

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2:30 PM: Sehtiya, Harbans¹, BassiriRad, Hormoz^*,1, ¹ Department of Biological Science, University of Illinois at Chicag, Chicago, IL, USA, Differential adjustments in nitrate assimilation capacity of seven tree species in response to CO₂ enrichment.

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2:50 PM: Neufeld, Howard^*,1, Woods, Melissa¹, Davison, Alan², Chappelka, Arthur³, Burkey, Kent⁴, Sachs, Susan⁶, ¹ Appalachian State University, Boone, NC² University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Newcastle, UK³ Auburn University, Auburn, AL⁴ USDA-ARS Air Quality Research Unit, Raleigh, NC⁶ , Reduced reproductive effort in ozone sensitive cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata var. digitata) clones in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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3:20 PM: Finkelman, Steven ^*,2, Egergon-Warburton, Louise¹, Nordine, Paul², Podbielski, Johnathan¹, Ingols, Maggie¹, ² Containerless Research Inc., Evanston, Illinois¹ Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Illinois, DRS reflections on Corn.

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3:40 PM: Perumal, John^*,1, ¹ La Sierra University, Riverside, CA, USA, The Role of Mycorrhizae in the Establishment of Muhlenbergia rigens (Deer grass) in Santa Rosa Ecological Preserve.

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4:00 PM: Johnson, David¹, Hymus, Graham², Dijkstra, Paul², Powell, Thomas¹, Hinkle, Charles³, Drake, Bert¹, ¹ Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, USA² Northern University of Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ, USA³ Dynamac Corporation, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, The effects of elevated CO₂ on net ecosystem gas exchange throughout eight years of measurements in a Florida scrub-oak ecosystem.

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4:20 PM: West, Adam^*,1, Hultine, Kevin¹, Jackson, Tim¹, Bush, Susan¹, Sperry, John¹, Ehleringer, James¹, ¹ University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, Cavitation avoidance and root refilling in Pinus edulis facilitates summer rain pulse uptake.

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4:40 PM: Wheeler, James^*,1, Sperry, John¹, Hacke, Uwe¹, Hoang, Nguyen ², ¹ University of Utah, Salt Lake City² Tufts University, Boston, Inter-vessel pitting and cavitation in vessels: a basis for a safety vs. efficiency trade-off in xylem transport.

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