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Methane Emissions from Plants? (Jul 2008)
The controversial question of how vegetation foliage can emit the greenhouse gas methane under aerobic conditions has been addressed in a paper in the journal New Phytologist by staff from The Schools of GeoSciences and Biological Science.
Read the abstract:
- Ultraviolet radiation drives methane emissions from terrestrial plant pectins
New Phytologist Online (full article available from within the UoE domain).
Andy R. McLeod, Stephen C. Fry, Gary J. Loake, David J. Messenger, David S. Reay, Keith A. Smith, Byung-Wook Yun (2008) New Phytologist doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02571.x
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This article was published on Sep 1, 2010