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Why scientists want to create self-fertilizing crops

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Excessive fertilizer use can be expensive and bad for the environment, but plants require nutrients to grow. To combat this problem, scientists have been attempting to use genetic engineering to help crops control their own fertilization, making them cooperate with nitrogen-fixing bacteria. The…

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