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The prompt presents a question about how crop responses to increased CO2, heat, and drought vary, and lists a single provided answer option: "All of these". However, the set of answer options is empty, so we cannot perform a comparative analysis of multiple choices as required.

What we can do is acknowledge the missing information and discuss the typical factors that influence crop responses in these conditions, which would normally appear as choices to compare.

In real exams, when considering how crops respond to rising CO2, higher temperatures, and drought, several interacting factors usually determine the outcome. These factors commonly include: (1) the plant species, since different crops have distinct physiologies and carbon acquisition dynamics; (2) genetic variation within a species or cultivar, which leads to differences in traits like stomatal conductance, root depth, and water-use efficiency; (3) growth stage at which the stress occurs, because young seedlings may react differently than mature plants; (4) soil properties and moisture availability, which modulate drought stress and nutrient availability; (5) atmospheric CO2 levels, which can enhance photosynthesis and water-use efficiency but may interact with temperature and nutrient status; (6) management practices such as irrigation, fertilization, and planting density that can alter how crops cope with stress.

If the exam had choices reflecting these kinds of factors, you would weigh them to determine that crop responses to CO2, heat, and drought do not follow a single universal pattern; they vary across species, genotypes, developmental stages, and environmental/management contexts.

Because the answer options are missing, it’s not possible to specify why each would be correct or incorrect. The correct interpretation here is that the question relies on a set of multiple-choice options, and without them, we cannot complete a standard option-by-option justification. In any case, the core takeaway is that crop responses to these climatic factors are context-dependent and influenced by a combination of biological and environmental variables rather than a one-size-fits-all outcome.

AGRI20037_2025_SM2 11. Climate Change

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