News tagged with fertilizer rates

Crowded Earth: how many is too many?

Already straining to host seven billion souls, Earth is set to teem with billions more, and only a revolution in the use of resources can avert an environmental crunch, experts say.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 23, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 144

Daily sex helps to reduce sperm DNA damage and improve fertility

Daily sex (or ejaculating daily) for seven days improves men’s sperm quality by reducing the amount of DNA damage, according to an Australian study presented today (Tuesday) to the 25th annual meeting of the European Society ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 3

UN: Fight climate change with free condoms

(AP) -- The battle against global warming could be helped if the world slowed population growth by making free condoms and family planning advice more widely available, the U.N. Population Fund said Wednesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (12) | comments 38

Clowning helps IVF patients become pregnant: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- Infertility researchers in Israel have found a 15-minute encounter with a clown immediately after fertility treatment dramatically increased the chances of a successful pregnancy.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 14, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

Megatrends and megashocks: a new view of our future world

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new report from CSIRO identifies five global megatrends and eight megashocks that are changing the world.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 23, 2010 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Men can rest easy -- sex chromosomes are here to stay

Fears that sex-linked chromosomes, such as the male Y chromosome, are doomed to extinction have been refuted in a new genetic study which examines the sex chromosomes of chickens.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Population adds to planet's pressure cooker, but few options

The world's surging population is a big driver of environmental woes but the issue is complex and solutions are few, experts at a major conference here say.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 6

Family planning: Federal program reduced births to poor women by nearly 30 percent

(PhysOrg.com) -- Federal family planning programs reduced childbearing among poor women by as much as 29 percent, according to a new University of Michigan study.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Alternatives to pine bark and peatmoss identified for commercial, home gardens

Pine bark and peatmoss are the two most common substrates used for horticultural crop production in the southeastern United States, but both media can present challenges to growers. Reduced forestry production ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Single embryo implants work better: study

Implanting single embryos into the wombs of women seeking to boost fertility is more effective and less costly than placing two embryos at a time, a pair of studies released Wednesday found.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In vitro fertilization less successful with alternative fertility treatments

Women who are desperately trying to get pregnant might want to avoid complementary and alternative medicine.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Anxiety and depression do not affect pregnancy and treatment cancellation rates

Anxiety and depression before and during fertility treatment does not affect the likelihood of a woman becoming pregnant or of her cancelling her treatment, according to a study published in Europe's leading reproductive ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 29, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Spring nitrogen fertilizing for optimal wheat production

With longer and warmer days, wheat seeding and fertilizing has begun across the state. Using the right fertilizer source, rate, timing and placement is important for optimal production. Montana State University Extension ...

Biology / Other

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0