Plant yield can be optimised by increasing the amount of carbon dioxide present in the atmosphere. Enter the industrial gas company…
A key component in photosynthesis, carbon dioxide is essential to the growth and vitality of a plant.
Using energy from sunlight plus water, the gas is converted into sugar and oxygen. This sugar is processed in the plant to make building material, used to make the plant grow.
Studies have shown that if CO2 levels are increased in the atmosphere, plants grow at a much faster pace, with accelerated rooting and shooting, and often improve in quality, in terms of the amount of flowers they produce and their enhanced defences against fungal attack.
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