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How do non-symbiotic plants normally process their nitrogen into ammonia? Article didn’t mention.
by anomaloustho 8y ago
How do non-symbiotic plants normally process their nitrogen into ammonia?
Article didn’t mention.
- undersuit 8y agoAmmonia and other nitrogen containing molecules are already in soils in varying quantities and are taken up by the roots like other nutrients.
- hinkley 8y agoThis article is showing its biases. You only need to fix nitrogen in a monoculture, and rather than giving up on that idea they’re going to keep trying to make plants that are everything to everyone. If your ecosystem contains nitrogen fixers you can scavenge nitrogen from your neighbors. In some cases this could be construed as a second symbiosis: A vining legume is working with the bacteria for nitrogen and its neighbors for loft. It has access to more sunlight in the spring, and can lay down more nitrogen before the trees wake up. At which point the trees have access to more nitrogen for manufacturing leaves.