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Aug 2018
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Corn Variety Grabs Fertilizer from the A...

مجلة Scientific American
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A variety of corn from Oaxaca, Mexico, has aerial roots that harbor nitrogen-fixing bacteria, allowing the corn to suck nitrogen straight from the air. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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