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Growing food without dirt? Electric ‘e-soil’ reduces fertilizer usage, boosts barley crop growth by 50%

Anders Törneholm | Linköping University | 
Growing crops without soil may sound like a contradiction, but for the research team "Eplants" (Electronic Plants) at Linköping University, ...
How zapping roots with electricity can supercharge plant growth

How zapping roots with electricity can supercharge plant growth

Barley seedlings grow on average 50% more when their root system is stimulated electrically through a new cultivation substrate. In ...
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Farming a ‘climate villain’? IPCC may have inflated greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture

Linköping University | 
The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) claims that agriculture is one of the main sources of greenhouse gases, ...
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