Climate change complicates plant diseases of the future

Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 13:32 in Earth & Climate

Human-driven changes in the earth's atmospheric composition are likely to alter plant diseases of the future. Researchers are studying the impact of elevated carbon dioxide, elevated ozone and higher atmospheric temperatures on plant diseases that could challenge crops in these changing conditions.

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