SurfWax News Index  |  Track News  |  Save/Exchange Information |  About Us News and Articles on C3 Plants Early agriculture left traces in animal bones  Mar 24, 2009 Certain kinds of plants known as C4 plants tend to concentrate heavier carbon isotopes as they grow, compared to other plants known as C3 plants. Animals with diets high in C4 plants also tend to concentrate heavier isotopes in their bones. (EurekAlert!) High Carbon Dioxide Boosts Plant Respiration, Potentially Affecting Climate And Crops  Feb 11, 2009 While there is broad agreement that higher atmospheric CO2 levels stimulate photosynthesis in C3 plants, such as soybean, no such consensus exists on how rising CO2 levels will affect plant respiration. "There's been a great deal of controversy about how plant respiration responds to elevated CO2," said U. of I. plant biology professor Andrew Leakey, who led the study. (Science Daily) Preparing For Climate Change: Analyzing Genome Of Heat And Drought Resistant Cereal Plant  Feb 7, 2009 They can assimilate carbon at higher temperatures and more efficiently than C3 plants and are especially suitable for the production of biomass for energy. Sorghum is the first cereal plant with C4 photosynthesis whose genome has been completely sequenced. (Science Daily) Back to General News News [ Terms Of Use | Privacy | About ] ©1998-2009 SurfWax, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2009