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Weaning Crops from Nitrogen Fertilizers: Examining Evolution’s Innovations

2024-11-14T22:15:51-06:00

WID researcher Sushmita Roy and collaborators at UW­–Madison and the University of Florida will use a $7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study how some plants partner with bacteria to create usable nitrogen and to transfer this ability to the bioenergy crop poplar.

Weaning Crops from Nitrogen Fertilizers: Examining Evolution’s Innovations2024-11-14T22:15:51-06:00
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