Study finds that plant growth responses to high carbon dioxide depend on symbiotic fungi

Study finds that plant growth responses to high carbon dioxide depend on symbiotic fungi Bloomington IN (SPX) Jul 03, 2016 - Research by an international team of environmental scientists from the United Kingdom, Belgium and United States, including Indiana University, has found that plants that associate with one type of symbiotic fungi grow bigger in response to high levels of carbon dioxide, or CO2, in the atmosphere, but plants that associate with the other major type of symbiotic fungi do not. The study, whi ... more

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