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The green revolution may be turning purple

Reported byAnthropocene Magazine ↗·Sourced by Goodlede

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A sunlight-powered purple microbe matched synthetic fertilizer performance in a two-year field trial, offering a potential climate solution to replace the high-emissions synthetic fertilizers underlying the Green Revolution.

Worth noting

Field trial results in one location; scalability to global agriculture not yet demonstrated.

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