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Plant find could cut fertiliser use
http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2014/plants-121114[font face=Serif][font size=5]Plant find could cut fertiliser use[/font]
[font size=4]Insights on how plants regulate absorption of a key nutrient could help avoid pollution caused by excess fertiliser use.[/font]
[font size=3]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.
This would allow optimum plant growth without producing excess nitrogen in run-off from fields, which is a major source of water pollution.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6401
[font size=4]Insights on how plants regulate absorption of a key nutrient could help avoid pollution caused by excess fertiliser use.[/font]
[font size=3]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.
This would allow optimum plant growth without producing excess nitrogen in run-off from fields, which is a major source of water pollution.
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