{"id":474649,"date":"2010-03-22T19:39:56","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T23:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/?p=7562"},"modified":"2010-03-22T19:39:56","modified_gmt":"2010-03-22T23:39:56","slug":"mutant-legumes-provide-key-to-chemical-free-fertilizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/474649","title":{"rendered":"Mutant Legumes Provide Key to Chemical-Free Fertilizer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7564\" href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2010\/03\/22\/mutant-legumes-provide-key-to-chemical-free-fertilizer\/new-legume-discovery-could-reduce-fertilizer-use\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7564\" title=\"New legume discovery could reduce fertilizer use\" src=\"http:\/\/go635254.s3.amazonaws.com\/cleantechnica\/files\/2010\/03\/New-legume-discovery-could-reduce-fertilizer-use.jpg\" alt=\"Stanford University Researchers use legumes to find key to reducing chemical fertilizers and greenhouse gasses\" width=\"500\" height=\"306\" \/><\/a>Scientists at <a title=\"stanford university website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stanford.edu\/\" >Stanford University<\/a> have come up with another reason to eat your beans, or at least to appreciate them: <a title=\"news.stanford.edu article\" href=\"http:\/\/news.stanford.edu\/news\/2010\/february22\/legumes-nitrogen-fertilizer-022610.html?view=print\" >a study of mutant legumes<\/a> has yielded an important clue that could help reduce global dependence on chemical fertilizers.\u00a0 As reported by Louis Bergeron for Stanford, that&#8217;s a green twofer: it could help reduce <a title=\"ens-newswire.com article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ens-newswire.com\/ens\/nov2009\/2009-11-17-092.asp\" >algae blooms caused by fertilizer<\/a>, and it could reduce <a title=\"acs.org article\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/es800630d\" >greenhouse gasses caused by fertilizer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sort of ironic, isn&#8217;t it?\u00a0 We&#8217;re used to thinking of legumes like <a title=\"ilovebacteri.com \" href=\"http:\/\/ilovebacteria.com\/beans.htm\" >beans as the cause of noxious gasses<\/a> (for proof, check out that classic scene in <a title=\"filmsite.org review\" href=\"http:\/\/www.filmsite.org\/blaz.html\" >Blazing Saddles<\/a>), but on a global scale they could very well help provide a cure.<\/p>\n<h3> <a href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2010\/03\/22\/mutant-legumes-provide-key-to-chemical-free-fertilizer\/#more-7562\" class=\"more-link\">(more&#8230;)<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?a=urXapvtJ6qU:8WKhonUr0sI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/cleantechnica\/com?a=urXapvtJ6qU:8WKhonUr0sI:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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