Abstract:A hydroponic experiment was conducted to study the effects of elevated CO2 on the rice seedlings biomass, nutrient concentration and root morphology of rice Yueza889(YZ) and Rongyou398(RY). The results show that compared with the control, the root, shoot and total dry weights of YZ and RY are increased significantly under the elevated CO2, the weights are increased by 58.33%, 27.96% and 33.16% for YZ and increased by 45.87%, 34.17%and 36.07% for RY, respectively. The roots to shoot ratios of the two rice cultivars are also increased under the elevated CO2. The shoot N, P, K, Ca, Mg and Fe contents of the two rice cultivars are decreased under the elevated CO2, while the Mn contents are increased. The shoot S concentration of YZ is increased, while the shoot S concentration of RY is decreased. The root tip numbers, length and surface area, the proportion of fine roots are also increased under the elevated. The elevated CO2 increases the proportion of fine roots, and this is a favorable change for rice to uptake more nutrition elements which could be one of the main reasons for increases of some elements concentrations, but the elevated CO2 dilutes most elements in this pot studies. There are obvious variations of biomass, nutrient concentration and root morphology between the two rice cultivars.