Trafficone ,

For the people who read "fertilize" and think pollinate: plants already do this a lot.

I'm not going to knock this research, but we're doing so much work in understanding and cultivating the soil microbiome which seems more promoting. For example, bean plants, especially will do a lot to cultivate nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and farmers are starting to add bacteria to the soil like they would add fertilizer.

NotAtWork ,

Fertilize as in fertilizer, not fertilize as in Pollinate.

taanegl ,

Scientists: "sir, the bees are dying"

Executive: "Can we make plants fuck them selves?"

NotAtWork ,

It's not about that, it's about trying to make plants that can do their own nitrogen fixing.

maniel ,
@maniel@lemmy.ml avatar

fertilize, not pollinate

angrystego ,

I was also misled by the title.

taanegl ,

Too late now. Now I just gotta live with the replies.

Neato ,
@Neato@ttrpg.network avatar

Um, do we want every crop to be Bananas? 1 evolved new blight from extinction?

Fiivemacs ,

Why won't nature down what we want it too ?

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