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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Extra pores on plants 'could ease' global warming (AFP)

Extra pores on plants 'could ease' global warming
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Japanese researchers said on Thursday they had found a way to make plant leaves absorb more carbon dioxide in an innovation that may one day help ease global warming and boost food production. In the experiments, the team used budding leaves of thale cress, a plant formally called Arabidopsis, which has a short life span of two months and is widely used as a model plant in biology.(AFP/HO/File/Weber)AFP - Japanese researchers said on Thursday they had found a way to make plant leaves absorb more carbon dioxide in an innovation that may one day help ease global warming and boost food production.


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