Refreshing to see there are other outcomes than asking AI what it is these days.
In 2014 asking AI "what it is" wasn't an option.
It's fair to assume if these kids would find that today, it'd go to AI wouldn't it.
Three schoolgirls in Kinsale pulled up a pea plant covered in warts (2014)
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Re: Three schoolgirls in Kinsale pulled up a pea plant covered in warts (2014)
#72Rhizobacteria are not known to colonize the roots of cereal crops, typically only only legumes. You would think that scientists would spend more effort trying to create "super" rhizobacteria that can colonize even more aggressively and also fix many times more nitrogen than ordinary ones. I cannot say this one below has independent reviews by well published agroscientists, but it's a step in the right direction: http…
> You would think that scientists would spend more effort trying to create "super" rhizobacteria that can colonize even more aggressively and also fix many times more nitrogen than ordinary ones I think the problem with that idea is that the rhizobacteria needs energy to break the nitrogen tripple bond. A lot of energy. It gets that energy by getting carbohydrates from the host plant - which in turn are not available…
Interesting assumption, not yet proven, likely a great project for a thesis ...
Re: Three schoolgirls in Kinsale pulled up a pea plant covered in warts (2014)
#73Rhizobacteria are not known to colonize the roots of cereal crops, typically only only legumes. You would think that scientists would spend more effort trying to create "super" rhizobacteria that can colonize even more aggressively and also fix many times more nitrogen than ordinary ones. I cannot say this one below has independent reviews by well published agroscientists, but it's a step in the right direction: http…
There are also “free living” bacteria that are capable of nitrogen fixing (diazotrophic), but are not as strictly root dwelling like Rhizobia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paenibacillus My company, Wilbur-Ellis, sells “Nutrio N-Tune” ( https://www.cdms.net/ldat/ldJI1000.pdf ) which contains spores of Paenibacillus Azotofixans. Compared to the more well known legume colonizing Rhizobia bacteria, they can host on a wi…
Under question is the "survivability" of such bacteria in a range of various soils under various moisture regimes ... and most published research shows that when/if fertilizers are applied, these beneficial organisms tend to diminish.