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Roots or Flowers? Take a Guess

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Phosphorus is a growth-limiting nutrient for plants. The use of phosphate (Pi) fertiliser is unsustainable because its stocks are non-renew-able and the run-off of surplus fertiliser damages the environment.

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Ajmera, I., Stekel, D., Band, L., Hodgman, C. (2020). Roots or Flowers? Take a Guess. In: Matthäus, F., Matthäus, S., Harris, S., Hillen, T. (eds) The Art of Theoretical Biology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33471-0_33

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