A variety of corn has evolved a way to make its own nitrogen (2018)

Re:A variety of corn has evolved a way to make its own nitro... by eloff on Friday September 11, 2020 @07:54PM (#24448593)

They're all beneficial or they wouldn't have gone to this stage.

Maybe you don't think the benefits outweigh the risks, and that's a valid question.

However, the concept obviously has tremendous potential. All the variety of life is after all genetics. Improvements in nitrogen uptake could save tremendous amounts of fertilizer and help the environment, for example.

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Re:A variety of corn has evolved a way to make its own nitro... by ncmncm on Friday September 11, 2020 @11:30PM (#24449582)

Everything is beneficial to somebody. Opium distibution is beneficial to poppy farmers, CIA agents, and, earlier, to the British Empire. Roundup-resistant soybeans are beneficial to Bayer.

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Re:A variety of corn has evolved a way to make its own nitro... by eloff on Saturday September 12, 2020 @12:48PM (#24453698)

And to the farmers, obviously, or they wouldn't pay extra for it.

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