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by Salgat 1169 days ago
Nothing, but self-fertilization is already an established term in biology which makes it confusing.
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True. As a corn grower, I assumed it meant nitrogen fixation on first read and didn't even consider your usage as fertilization, per your usage, isn't something we need to think about much in corn. Fertilize much more commonly refers to application of fertilizer in my world.