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News Release 07-024
How Plants Manage Calcium May Reduce Effects of Acid Rain
Results may lead to hardier plants
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Scientists studying how plants manage calcium may find a solution to the damaging effects of acid rain, which harms sugar maples in the northeast.
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Scientist Zhen-Ming Pei works with a mustard plant to study how calcium is distributed.
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