E-Mail IMAGE: l-r Dr Florence Danila, Professor Susanne von Caemmerer and Dr Tory Clarke working on finding the best targets by following CO2 journey through the leaf view more Credit: Natalia Bateman, CoETP A team of scientists have measured the relative importance of the different obstacles that carbon dioxide (CO 2) encounters in its voyage from the atmosphere to the interior of plant cells, where it is converted into sugars. This research leading method provides much needed information that will help to increase the yield of important food crops such as cowpea, soybean and cassava. "Our data highlights promising targets to improve the diffusion of CO