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Re:RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow 50 percent m... by stonemetal12 on Friday September 03, 2021 @10:19AM (#28404560)
If I had to guess I would say dramatically larger plants require dramatically more nutrition. It will probably be a net negative outside highly fertilized industrial farming scenarios, preventing it from spreading far in nature.
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Re:RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow 50 percent m... by nitrogen on Friday September 03, 2021 @10:54AM (#28405023)
Weeds somehow manage to become giant and prolific in soil that wouldn't grow any food crops. I don't think we're near any limits of soil or biology with our foods.
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