Collect nitrogen fertilizer from the air

Synthetic fertilizer for plants is a major source of pollution. This effect is even more pronounced when the fertilizer dissolves and dissolves into the water source. Now, Professor Edward Cocking of the University of Nottingham (UK), has developed a process that, according to him, is environmentally friendly, allowing plants to absorb natural nitrogen directly from the air.

Collect nitrogen fertilizer from the air

There are only a few types of plants (mainly legumes) that can collect nitrogen from the air with the help of symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacteria . This bacterium also works in some Brazilian sugarcane varieties, producing high yields with only a small amount of additional synthetic nitrogen.

Professor Cocking has discovered that a strain of this bacterium can penetrate all plants at the cellular level. Based on that, Cocking developed a method called N-Fix , which wrapped seeds in a shell containing bacteria. When seeds germinate, the bacteria will enter the plant through the roots and up to every cell of the plant. This means that every cell has the ability to fix nitrogen from the air like sugarcane.

Gizmag magazine quoted Professor Cocking: "Helping plants absorb natural nitrogen is an important aspect of world food security. The world needs to remove its growing dependence on total fertilizers. The compound is produced from fossil fuels that cause environmental pollution and high costs ".