Washington DC (UPI) Nov 11, 2020
Cassava, a root crop that feeds more than 1 billion people around the world, could benefit from rising atmospheric CO2 levels. In a new study, published recently in the Journal of Experimental Botany, scientists artificially boosted the CO2 supply of cassava plants planted at SoyFACE, Soybean Free Air Concentration Enrichment, a research farm in Illinois. The experiment - part o
Cassava yields could benefit from rising CO2 levels in the atmosphere
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