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Aug. 7, 2022 Researchers have found a way to reduce the amount of nitrogen fertilizer needed to grow cereals such as rice, wheat and ...
Apr. 10, 2023 Nitrogen is such a crucial nutrient for plants that vast quantities of nitrogen-containing fertilizers are spread on farmlands worldwide. However, excess nitrogen in the soil and in drainage run-off ...
May 12, 2021 A Rutgers study finds that symbiotic bacteria that colonize root cells may be managed to produce hardier crops that need less ...
Apr. 12, 2022 An enzyme that can help release phosphorus from its organic forms has been ...
Jan. 9, 2023 As the atmospheric deposition of sulfur has decreased, the use of sulfur fertilizer in Midwestern U.S. agriculture has increased between 1985 and ...
Oct. 16, 2023 The growing global population needs sufficient food. Its production causes overfertilization and increased nitrogen concentration in agriculture, which negatively affects the population, climate, and ...
Feb. 17, 2022 Researchers have engineered strains of the ubiquitous, nitrogen-fixing soil bacterium Azotobacter vinelandii to produce ammonia and excrete it at high concentrations, transferring it into crop plants ...
Nov. 9, 2022 Pollinators are less likely to land on flowers sprayed with fertilizers or pesticides as they can detect electric field changes around the flower, researchers have ...
Feb. 16, 2022 Pharmaceutical residues and chemicals from personal care products in sewage sludge and cattle manure do not have a detectable toxic effect on nematodes living in agricultural fields, according to ...
Apr. 8, 2021 A current study by scientists sheds light on an unusual interdependence: Maize can attract special soil bacteria that, in turn, help the plants to grow better. In the long term, the results could be ...