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UK soil breakthrough could cut farm fertiliser use and advance sustainable agriculture

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Breakthrough by researchers at the John Innes Centre in Norwich , Norfolk opens the door to the creation of crops requiring reduced amounts of nitrate and phosphate fertilisers.

Excess use of fertilisers has become a major ecological problem in recent years and has been linked to soil degradation.

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78

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65

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informal

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English

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65

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long-living

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