A new study has revealed a natural solution to mitigate the effects of climate change, such as extreme weather events. Researchers from Leipzig University, the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, the German Center for Integrative ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 6, 2023
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A promising new form of ammonium phosphate fertilizer has been field-tested by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers. The fertilizer, struvite, offers a triple win for sustainability and crop production, as ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 27, 2023
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Water scarcity and low soil fertility are the main factors limiting crop production in semi-arid regions. One the other hand, excessive water resource input and large amount of fertilizer application not only lead to low ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 3, 2023
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New research indicates that the use of glacial rock flour could enhance water absorption in cultivated fields in Greenland. This could be groundbreaking for Greenlandic agriculture as the use of glacial rock flour may reduce ...
Ecology
Oct 18, 2023
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Most gardeners know that earthworms help keep soils healthy, now scientists have assessed just how important their underground activities are to global food production—and how to protect them.
Agriculture
Sep 30, 2023
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Earthworms are important drivers of global food production, contributing to approximately 6.5% of grain yield and 2.3% of legumes produced worldwide each year, according to new work published by Colorado State University ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 26, 2023
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Patulin (C7H6O4), a mycotoxin produced by several types of fungi, is toxic to a variety of life forms, including humans, mammals, plants, and microorganisms. In particular, environments lacking proper hygienic measures during ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 31, 2023
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The transport of pharmaceuticals released from sewage treatment plants into farmland soils, with the potential to load into drinking water sources, is one that researchers at the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) ...
Environment
Aug 9, 2023
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Pine slash—a major problem after recent flooding events—could be chipped and used to rehabilitate soil, new research from the University of Canterbury and ESR suggests.
Ecology
Jul 24, 2023
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Some nitrogen fertilizer types spread on UK farmland are ending up in the atmosphere, with the worst offenders emitting on average 18% of the applied nitrogen fertilizer as ammonia gas into the air.
Ecology
Jul 20, 2023
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