INSECTS TAKE BIGGER BITE OUT OF PLANTS IN HIGHER CO2 ATMOSPHERE
March 25, 2008
March 25, 2008
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., March 25 -- The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign issued the following news release:
Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are rising at an alarming rate, and new research indicates that soybean plant defenses go down as CO2 goes up. Elevated CO2 impairs a key component of the plant's defenses against leaf-eating insects, according to the report.
The University of Illinois study appears this week online in the Proceedings of the National A . . .
Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are rising at an alarming rate, and new research indicates that soybean plant defenses go down as CO2 goes up. Elevated CO2 impairs a key component of the plant's defenses against leaf-eating insects, according to the report.
The University of Illinois study appears this week online in the Proceedings of the National A . . .