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Maize Crops; Pixabay

Rising atmospheric CO₂ may benefit maize crops: first experiment in African conditions

by Brad Ripley Apr 30, 2022May 2, 2022

CO₂ is an important resource for photosynthesis and its low availability in the atmosphere has been a major limiting factor to plant growth for millennia. This has led some plant groups, particularly grasses, to evolve a photosynthetic pathway that concentrates CO₂ and makes photosynthesis more efficient under low CO₂.

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