[PCA] NEWS: Scientists Unravel Plants' Natural Defenses

Olivia Kwong plant at plantconservation.org
Thu Nov 29 09:12:05 CST 2007


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071121144953.htm

Scientists Unravel Plants' Natural Defenses

ScienceDaily (Nov. 26, 2007) -- A team of researchers, led by the 
University of Sheffield and Queen Mary, University of London, has 
discovered how plants protect their leaves from damage by sunlight when 
they are faced with extreme climates. The new findings, which have been 
published in Nature, could have implications both for adapting plants to 
the threat of global warming and for helping man better harness solar 
energy.

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