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Grown for centuries by indigenous farmers in rural Mexico, this incredibly rare corn can self-fertilise. In episode three of 'Planet Fix', we explore how thi...

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[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago

This is fucking cool. The implications are huge for ag. Normally they do a corn/soy rotation because soy will N fix. They could skip that entire step and the fertilizer associated with both crops. Insane. The extra biomass might pose a challenge with residue management but there are ways around that for sure.

It could be used in Reclamation too.