The secret life of smoke in fostering rebirth and renewal of burned landscape
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 12:14
in Mathematics & Economics
The innermost secrets of fire's role in the rebirth and renewal of forests and grasslands are being revealed in research that has identified plant growth promoters and inhibitors in smoke. In the latest discovery about smoke's secret life, an international team of scientists are reporting discovery of a plant growth inhibitor in smoke. The study appears in ACS's Journal of Natural Products.