Reasearchers have found that soil carbon is stored by grass roots (IMAGE)

The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture

Reasearchers have found that soil carbon is stored by grass roots

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The Koronivia grass captures carbon from the atmosphere through photosynthesis and enhance its storage in deep soil layers through its root systems.

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Hacienda San José (HSJ)

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