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Evolutionary push could help crops self-fertilise

By Andy Coghlan

4 May 2011

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Make like a legume

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Agriculture would be transformed if crops could produce fertiliser as legumes do. New research suggests it might be easier than we thought

Editorial:We need another green revolution

THE 20th century brought us a wealth of life-changing innovations, from the mass-produced automobile to the television and the silicon chip. Arguably, though, the came from Fritz Haber in 1909. Haber was the first to pull nitrogen from the air to produce ammonia – a key component of the artificial fertilisers that allow food production to keep pace with…

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