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Nature 447, 11 (3 May 2007) | doi:10.1038/447011a; Published online 2 May 2007

Missing gas saps plant theory

Michael Hopkin

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Botanists find no evidence for methane emissions.

A team of plant scientists has cast doubt on one of the most startling research results the field has seen in recent years — the finding that green plants emit methane. Tom Dueck of Plant Research International in Wageningen, the Netherlands, and his colleagues say that they can find no evidence that plants produce the potent greenhouse gas.

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