World changing technology enables crops to take nitrogen from the air

fookey

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http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/pressreleases/2013/july/world-changing-technology-enables-crops-to-take-nitrogen-from-the-air-.aspx

A major new technology has been developed by The University of Nottingham, which enables all of the world’s crops to take nitrogen from the air rather than expensive and environmentally damaging fertilisers.
Nitrogen fixation, the process by which nitrogen is converted to ammonia, is vital for plants to survive and grow. However, only a very small number of plants, most notably legumes (such as peas, beans and lentils) have the ability to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere with the help of nitrogen fixing bacteria. The vast majority of plants have to obtain nitrogen from the soil, and for most crops currently being grown across the world, this also means a reliance on synthetic nitrogen fertiliser.

Professor Edward Cocking, Director of The University of Nottingham’s Centre for Crop Nitrogen Fixation, has developed a unique method of putting nitrogen-fixing bacteria into the cells of plant roots. His major breakthrough came when he found a specific strain of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in sugar-cane which he discovered could intracellularly colonise all major crop plants. This ground-breaking development potentially provides every cell in the plant with the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen. The implications for agriculture are enormous as this new technology can provide much of the plant’s nitrogen needs.
 

grimreefer24601

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Really, legumes of all types do this naturally. That's why you follow heavy feeders, like tomatoes and corn, with peas and green beans. I plant the "Three Sisters" in my garden, corn, green beans, and squash (but I substitute melons since I like them better). It's an ancient native American growing technique. It's not new. Roots, feeders, nitrogen fixers is the standard crop rotation used for millennia.
 

ilikecheetoes

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why rotate when you can slash and burn and dump a million gallons of phosphates on it? then the libtards ban phosphates in my fucking dishsoap and detergent so it doesnt work any more but the cronies and welfare farms get to keep their goddamn phosphates which caused the algae blooms in the first place.
 

dbkick

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Nitrogen fixing bacteria is nothing new .
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I'm not understanding this part of the article since N fixing bacteria is sold by several companies.These companies don't list which plants do well with their product.

However, only a very small number of plants, most notably legumes (such as peas, beans and lentils) have the ability to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere with the help of nitrogen fixing bacteria. The vast majority of plants have to obtain nitrogen from the soil, and for most crops currently being grown across the world, this also means a reliance on synthetic nitrogen fertiliser.
 
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