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Climate Change May Make Plants More Fragrant
on 19.02.2010 from Scientific American.com
A warming climate could lead to a more fragrant world, but it might disturb an intricate communication system used by plants, according to a review published recently in Trends in Plant Science .When Jarmo Holopainen grew white cabbages in a greenhouse in Finland, he found that over many years of sunlight and elevated levels of carbon dioxide , the plants' communication with the world was altered. [More] [ read article ]
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