Can We Grow One of the World’s Largest Food Crops Without Fertilizer?

10/4/2018; 4 minutes

Researchers from UC Davis, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Mars, Incorporated have made a remarkable discovery: an indigenous variety of Mexican corn that can also fix nitrogen from the atmosphere, instead of requiring synthetic fertilizers. (#34104)

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