Perhaps genetic engineering could help to increase the efficiency with which crops absorb nitrate from soil (5 January, p 28). However, the claim by Arcadia Biosciences that this will substantially cut agricultural emissions of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide appears Utopian rather than Arcadian. (Letters)
Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/climate-change-genes
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/david-powlson
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/zhang-fusuo
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/new-scientist
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-capability
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agricultural-research
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agricultural-inputs
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chemical-fertilisers
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oxides-nitrogen-nox
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-mitigation
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/clean-development-mechanism-cdm
