Corn Canopy (IMAGE)

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

Corn Canopy

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Compared to top leaves, lower leaves of C4 crops such as corn underperform, costing farmers about 10 percent of potential yield.

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Don Hamerman/Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

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