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Reducing The Global Need For Nitrogen Fertilizers
[W]e could dramatically reduce the need for inorganic nitrogen fertilizers, in turn reducing environmental pollution and energy use.
- Dr Giles Oldroyd, Researcher
Swindon, UK - Research published in the journal Nature reveals how scientists at the John Innes Centre (JIC), Norwich and Washington State University, USA have managed to trigger nodulation in legumes, a key element of the nitrogen fixing process, without the bacteria normally necessary.
This is an important step towards transferring nodulation, and possibly nitrogen fixation, to non-legume crops which could reduce the need for inorganic fertilizers