Insights into plant growth could curb need for fertilizers

Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 04:31 in Biology & Nature

New insights into how plants regulate their absorption of an essential nutrient could help avoid pollution caused by excess use of fertilizer, experts say. The findings could lead to the development of crop varieties that need less of the primary nutrient -- nitrogen -- than conventional crops. It could also inform how much nitrogen should be added to plant feed.

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