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Re:A variety of corn has evolved a way to make its own nitro... by quixoticelixer- on Friday September 11, 2020 @01:40AM (#24439507)
How do ruminants add nitrogen to the soil?
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Re:A variety of corn has evolved a way to make its own nitro... by function_seven on Friday September 11, 2020 @02:50AM (#24439834)
They pee on it.

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Re:A variety of corn has evolved a way to make its own nitro... by quixoticelixer- on Friday September 11, 2020 @04:42AM (#24440420)
Yeah but where is that nitrogen coming from? It's coming from plants.
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Re:A variety of corn has evolved a way to make its own nitro... by function_seven on Friday September 11, 2020 @09:11AM (#24442369)
Yeah, hence the “Nitrogen Cycle”.
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Re:A variety of corn has evolved a way to make its own nitro... by quixoticelixer- on Friday September 11, 2020 @11:07PM (#24449477)
Yes but they do not actually add nitrogen to the soil
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Re:A variety of corn has evolved a way to make its own nitro... by noselasd on Monday September 14, 2020 @06:22AM (#24468580)
Sure they do, they add nitrogen back to the soil that the plants extracted from the soil.
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Re:A variety of corn has evolved a way to make its own nitro... by Scoundreller on Friday September 11, 2020 @02:51AM (#24439846)
Poop and pee.
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Re:A variety of corn has evolved a way to make its own nitro... by quixoticelixer- on Friday September 11, 2020 @04:43AM (#24440421)
Nitrogen that they get from plants
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