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There is no reason to believe that a lack of nitrogen was a problem in particular. It seems that most effort was spent on getting fertilizers with phosphorus an
by accidentallfact 9mo ago
There is no reason to believe that a lack of nitrogen was a problem in particular. It seems that most effort was spent on getting fertilizers with phosphorus and other minerals, nitrogen was secondary, as many plants can obtain it from the air. If anything, it allows our modern, heavily cereal skewed diet. Poor nutrition rarely meant an absolute lack of food, most of the time it only meant insufficuent quality, and the green revolution was a massive step backward in that regard
- adastra22 9mo agoPlants cannot obtain nitrogen from the air. You are deeply misinformed on this subject.
- gucci-on-fleek 9mo ago> Plants cannot obtain nitrogen from the air That is literally true, but for anyone who hasn't studied plant biology, I think that "some plants have evolved specific structures to host obligate symbiotic bacteria that obtain nitrogen from the air and convert it into a form usable by the plant" is close enough to "many plants can obtain [nitrogen] from the air". (A link for anyone not familiar with this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_nodule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_nodule)
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