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…

  • Track_Shovel
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    31 year 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.