Researchers are engineering nitrogen-fixing bacteria that can live in tissue and nitrogen demanding plant which would reduce the use of fertilizer. Which crop or plant is known to be the most nitrogen demanding plant?
soy beans?
alfalfa?
green beans?
or is it corn?
the answer is Corn.
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:PAYZ9Kg_9-MJ:www.rainbowplantfood.com/agronomics/efu/nitrogen.pdf+CORN+nitrogen+demanding+plants&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESinDVSwp5Qn7pMjruz_kQ-fV2bLHVcIC-7SHj70WQExXwinTkRILAG19NpAb3uEnXTujPp8Xl-xbLKpRldJxP0VfK0DVk6TYVvUKsm3ImFnfJ2kG_IODhdLoviDTaW6C_XakUf9&sig=AHIEtbTHi-6aM_7-CaH5SacJq4zDm52QBg
Links:
http://nue.okstate.edu/Nitrogen_Uptake.htm
http://agron.scijournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/68/1/17