Carl Bernacchi (IMAGE)

Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Carl Bernacchi

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Researcher Carl Bernacchi sets up heaters that mimic futuristic field conditions at the University of Illinois. Two years of soybean field trials show that increasing temperatures by about 3 degrees Celcius may safeguard seed nutrition even as carbon dioxide levels rise.

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Claire Benjamin/RIPE Project

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