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What does self fertilization have to do with ending farming's toxic reliance on chemical fertilizers?
by Steven420 3y ago
What does self fertilization have to do with ending farming's toxic reliance on chemical fertilizers?
- seiferteric 3y agoIn this case "self fertilization" refers to fixing nitrogen, not "fertilizing" in the sense of reproduction.
- seunosewa 3y agoKnowing exactly how much nitrogen they can fix is important. It's unlikely to be enough to take care of the nitrogen requirements of high yield corn.
- darknoon 3y agoIn the video it said something about modulating the amount of nitrogen fixation based on the plant's needs. Could mean that it's able to scale it up if its needs are higher, but I imagine this is part of the breeding work they're doing.