Elevated CO2 decreases both transpiration flow and concentrations of Ca and Mg in the xylem sap of wheat

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Funding Acknowledgements

The Australian Grains Free Air CO<INF>2</INF> Enrichment (AGFACE) facility is jointly run by the University of Melbourne and the Victorian Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) and received funding from the Australian Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, the Grain Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), and the Australian Research Council (ARC). The authors gratefully acknowledge the contribution of the AGFACE field team lead by Russel Argall, and of Mahabubur Mollah for operating the CO<INF>2</INF> enrichment technology. We thank Najib Ahmady for laboratory management, and Marc Nicolas for helpful suggestions regarding xylem sap extraction. AH receives a Melbourne International Research Scholarship.