"Plant fertilization" refers to the process of adding nutrients to the soil or plants to help them grow and stay healthy.
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«AMOR, a love potion
for plant fertilization: Discovery, synthesis of AMOR sugar chains that guide pollen tube growth.»
This new study has revealed the presence of AMOR, the sugar molecule responsible for controlling the pollen tube's response capability towards attractant molecules, which is an ability that is essential
for plant fertilization to succeed.
«This could lead to the development of new methods to improve
the plant fertilization efficiency and open a new avenue for carbohydrate research in plant biology using synthetic chemistry approaches.»
The crystals are then dried to a white powder called struvite that can then be used for
plant fertilization, and Ganrot says her trial tests show the powdered struvite works as well or better than commercial fertilizers (the powdered form helps it stay longer in the soil).
And, of course, soot doesn't come with
the plant fertilization benefits that carbon dioxide emissions provide (see here for example).