If you are a farmer and want to increase plant growth without adding artificial fertilizers to yo fields/crops, which microbial process(es) would you consider beneficial/useful? nitrogen reduction and denitrificaiton O nitrogen fixation and nitrification O nitrogen oxidation followed by reduction denitrification and re-nitrification

If you are a farmer and want to increase plant growth without adding artificial fertilizers to yo fields/crops, which microbial process(es) would you consider beneficial/useful? nitrogen reduction and denitrificaiton O nitrogen fixation and nitrification O nitrogen oxidation followed by reduction denitrification and re-nitrification

Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)

15th Edition

ISBN:9781337408332

Author:Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr

Publisher:Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr

Chapter46: Ecosystems

Section: Chapter Questions

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