date:May 31, 2022
crop residues from the leaves of plants are valuable to a certain degree. These are often not extracted, are composted or used as animal feed.
The leaves of all plants, such as those of sugar beet or tomato plants, contain the protein rubisco.
At least a quarter of all the protein in the leaf is rubisco. This protein is essential for capturing and storing CO2 from the atmosphere. Its readily soluble and not attached to anything else in the cell, so you can squeeze it out of the leaf, says