How Green is Corn? (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

How Green is Corn?

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Harvesting corn leaves and stems for use in biofuel production reduces carbon in the soil, the researchers found. The more material harvested, the less carbon in the soil.

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