High CO2 levels can hurt soybean plants
Monday, February 2, 2009 - 11:42
in Earth & Climate
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Feb. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. biologists have discovered high atmospheric carbon dioxide levels negatively affect a soybean plant's defenses against leaf-eating insects.
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