Crops failing against rising temperatures, pest attacks: study

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“We see photosynthesis, which is how crops produce biomass, is strongly impaired in these plants,” said Nathan Havko, postdoctoral researcher in the Howe research group and the lead author


of the study, in the press statement. “The resources to produce biomass are there, but somehow they aren’t used properly and crop productivity decreases.”