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Andys
on May 3, 2022
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An engineered barley plant that ‘orders’ soil bact...
Understood, but I also wondered if someone had figured out how to genetically engineer away the need for this element in fertilizer.
bell-cot
on May 3, 2022
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Well...since phosphorus atoms are essential parts of DNA, RNA, ATP, and a <cough> few other slightly-important molecules in most cells, that might be difficult. And the humans or livestock eating the crops also need those molecules in their cells...
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