Vegetation carbon -LRB--RRB- was predicted to increase by an average of 270 Pg C from preindustrial levels across the models by 2100, but saturating NPP and increasing heterotrophic respiration led to a reduction in NEP after 2050. (pnas.org)
«By further customizing this system, we expect that the artificial cultivation of various fungal heterotrophic plants will become simplified and highly efficient. (sciencedaily.com)
Most likely, a hundred years from now, corn acreage will still be about the same, and biofuels will be based on heterotrophic algae, fed with sugars, including corn sugars, or based on something else entirely. (greencarcongress.com)