Time (min) RCO2 at 40°C

RCO2 at 30°C

RCO2 at 20°C

RCO2 at 15°C

RCO2 at 10°C

30 77.03 79.11 68.70 67.66 34.35
60 30.71 33.31 21.86 48.41 9.89
90 14.23 13.53 12.84 13.19 9.37
120 8.33 12.23 9.89 6.77 6.77
150 5.41 4.37 6.04 4.79 4.79
180 5.90 3.56 2.95 2.43 2.38
210 6.25 2.53 2.38 1.19 2.08
240 6.25 3.38 3.51 1.30 2.73
270 5.32 2.66 2.78 1.27 3.01
300 5.52 1.35 1.98 1.98 2.71
330 4.35 1.61 2.27 0.95 2.46
360 2.69 1.82 1.13 0.87 2.17
390 2.40 1.44 0.88 0.72 1.91

RCO2 - Rate of respiration, which is expressed as volume of CO2 generated
Table 3: Respiration rates of Ivy guard for 30min time interval in ml kg-1 h-1.