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Cort@lemmy.world 2 days agoCorn uses C4, but soybeans use c3 which typically uses more water to create the same amount of glucose.
Comment on It's just grass, man.
Cort@lemmy.world 2 days agoCorn uses C4, but soybeans use c3 which typically uses more water to create the same amount of glucose.
Contramuffin@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Only under hotter, dryer conditions. Under wetter and cooler conditions, the inefficiency of C3 is offset by the extra steps required for C4, which makes C3 favored in those conditions