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Plants can grow in near-darkness, new research shows – here are three promising benefits

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par Sven Batke, Lecturer in Biology, Edge Hill University

Plants can grow with much less light than previously thought, according to a new study on tiny water-based organisms called microalgae that has been published in Nature Communications. The German-led team of researchers lowered light sensors into Arctic water to a depth of 50 metres to test how low light levels must become before plant life ceases to exist, with incredible results.

They found that plants were able to perform photosynthesis…

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