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Elevated CO2 concentration favors plants with C3 pathway, because they appeared when CO2 ppm was much higher, than today. Plants with more recent C4 pathway (ev
by monort 5y ago
Elevated CO2 concentration favors plants with C3 pathway, because they appeared when CO2 ppm was much higher, than today. Plants with more recent C4 pathway (evolved around 25 million years ago), do not respond as much to CO2.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1978301916303400 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S197830191...
- ncmncm 5y agoFor reference, corn (maize) is C4. And sugar cane. High-fructose corn syrup and cane sugar happen to represent the greatest public health disaster since smallpox was eradicated and smoking started down.