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Will Plants Ever Fertilize Themselves? (www.newyorker.com)

submitted 9 months ago by Daryl76679@lemmy.ml to c/biology@mander.xyz

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[–] Trafficone@slrpnk.net 2 points 9 months ago

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.