Missouri farmers are projected to spend more than $1.5 billion this year on fertilizer and related soil treatments. Now, researchers at Saint Louis University have made a discovery they said could eventually help reduce those costs.
Scientists have identified a previously unknown structure in a protein which helps certain microorganisms turn nitrogen from the air into a form plants can use.
Edwin Antony, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and the study’s co-author, explained what the discovery could mean for agriculture…