Agriculture Reference
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populations that are present in the soil, thus increasing the plant's ability to convert
essential nutrients into a form that is available for uptake. One example is nitrogen. In
nitrogenfixation,microbesconvertgaseousnitrogenintoaformthatcanbeusedbyplants.
Under accelerated microbial conditions, it is possible that greater amounts of gaseous or
other forms of nitrogen are able to enter the plant, thus adding to the aforementioned
Summary
It can be easily seen that the use of externally-applied electric fields in conjunction with
traditional forms of fertilizer (either chemical or organic) can be used to significantly
reduce the amount of fertilizer needed. Plants can typically only use a small amount of
applied fertilizer since it's not in a form that's readily available. Thus using processes like
electroculture can greatly improve fertilizing efficiency. This can result in a significant
reduction in the production cost of agricultural activities. The simultaneous improvement
of soil conditions that comes about through the action of making larger soil aggregates,
increasing water retention and soil oxygenation is another benefit that can be realized as
well.
Inthenextchapterwe'llgetintothedetails behindelectricity'sroleuponthephysiological
make-up of plants.
