Fixing soybean's need for nitrogen
Soybean is rich in protein, which is great for the humans and animals eating it. But this high protein content comes at a cost.
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New approach to improve nitrogen use, enhance yield, and promote flowering in rice
Nitrogen fertilizers (applied as nitrate, NO3-, or ammonium, NH4+) improve the amount of grain produced per acre, but nitrogen runoff and volatilization pollute the water and the air. Production of nitrogen fertilizers also ...
Ecology
Feb 23, 2018
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Environmentally safe 'super-fertilizer' will significantly increase the yield of grain crops
The biological potential of agricultural plants can only be realized with a balanced mix of trace elements that take part in key metabolic events. An imbalance of microelemental nutrition disrupts the development of plants, ...
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Feb 21, 2018
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More frequent fires reduce soil carbon and fertility, slowing the regrowth of plants
Frequent burning over decades reduces the amount of carbon and nitrogen stored in soils of savanna grasslands and broadleaf forests, in part because reduced plant growth means less carbon being drawn out of the atmosphere ...
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Dec 12, 2017
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Researchers study organic matter processes in rice fields
A soil scientist from RUDN University reports that plant root secretions affect microorganisms and biochemical processes in paddy soils such as rice fields. Rice field soils play a very important role in the agriculture of ...
Environment
Nov 1, 2017
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New research shows dinosaur dung fertilizes planet
Whether it started with exhibits at the Natural History Museum or fun-terrified screams watching Jurassic Park, humans have always been awestruck by dinosaurs.
Ecology
Oct 17, 2017
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Fertilizers adjust nitrogen cycle of prairie plants, according to new study
Excess nitrogen gives an advantage to early season plants in Midwestern prairies, leading to further changes in prairie ecosystems, according to a recently published study from an Iowa State University scientist.
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Oct 13, 2017
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Long-term study aims to understand prairie ecology after farmland is forsaken
Across the U.S., farmers have abandoned millions of acres of land due to economics and hindrances such as dropping water tables that make irrigation of crops impossible. Since 2001, a longstanding study at the University ...
Environment
Aug 23, 2017
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Video: The farm of the future?
There's a new trend in agriculture called vertical farming. As humans learned to farm, we arranged plants outside in horizontal fields, and invented irrigation and fertilizer to grow bumper crops.
Environment
Feb 28, 2017
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Study says salt marshes have limited ability to absorb excess nitrogen
Add fertilizer to your garden and your plants will probably grow bigger and taller. Add fertilizer to a salt marsh and the plants may not get any bigger at all. That's according to a new study led by Dr. David Samuel Johnson ...
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