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> Long term for related grasses like sorghum Would that include rice? That would make it an even bigger deal wouldn't it? How important is nitrogen fixing in
by flukus 8y ago
> Long term for related grasses like sorghum
Would that include rice? That would make it an even bigger deal wouldn't it?
How important is nitrogen fixing in combating desertification and could discoveries like this ultimately help reverse it?
- roel_v 8y agoAre there any nitrogen fixing plants that live in water like rice? I have problems envisaging the biochemical processes there, but I don't know much about it in the first place.
- masklinn 8y agoAzolla (water fern / mosquito fern). In fact, using Azolla as rice companion plant is a long-standing practice in China: after flooding, rice paddies are seeded with Azolla, it multiplies (very) rapidly covering the surface and suppressing weeds (Azolla mats are very dense so water weeds get little to no sun) then releases nitrogen for the rice plants when it dies and rots.
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- roel_v 8y agoOh wow that's very interesting, thanks!