Beetles on Leaf (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Beetles on Leaf

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Plant defenses go down as carbon dioxide levels go up, the researchers found. Soybeans grown at elevated CO2 levels attract many more adult Japanese beetles than plants grown at current atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.

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Photo courtesy of Evan Delucia.

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