The purpose of the study was to see if root tolerance to high soil temperature is related to short term/long term respiratory acclimation in response to higher temperature by comparing two variants of the same species with different heat tolerances. The hypothesis is that A. scabra, the C3 plant that can withstand high temperatures, will be able to acclimate their respiration to the change in temperatures better and will be able to control carbon expenditure for a longer-term. The other plant, A. stolonifera will not be able to withstand the higher temperatures for as long.
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