In recent years, organic chemicals containing boron (B) and silicon (Si) have found applications in various fields, including optoelectronics and pharmaceuticals. Moreover, they can also serve as building blocks for complex ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 7, 2023
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Alley cropping is the agricultural practice of planting rows, or alleys, of trees in fields of crops. According to a new study by an international, multidisciplinary research team led by the University of Göttingen, this ...
Ecology
Feb 7, 2023
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While phosphorus is an essential element for plant metabolism and growth, its future supply under elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide is uncertain. A shortage of this important nutrient could lead to lower crop ...
Agriculture
Feb 3, 2023
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The housing prospects for young people in the U.K. were completely changed by the global financial crisis of 2007–09. While the government largely succeeded in rescuing the banks and the housing market, it created an environment ...
Economics & Business
Feb 1, 2023
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Researchers working on the FACE-Africa project have co-developed country-specific information and tools with Gambian food system stakeholders to evaluate possible strategies for adapting to climate change and ensuring sufficient ...
Economics & Business
Jan 24, 2023
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New Mexico is one of the largest producers of chile pepper (Capsicum spp.) in the United States, with 51,000 tons of production in 2021 from an area of 8500 acres with average productivity of 6 tons/acres according to the ...
Agriculture
Jan 19, 2023
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Plants need phosphorus to grow. Farmers' use of mineral phosphorus fertilizers has greatly increased soil phosphorus fertility and, consequently, crop yields. However, these fertilizers are made from rock phosphate, a non-renewable ...
Environment
Jan 6, 2023
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Their service is invaluable. The army of insects and other animals that pollinates the numerous plants of this earth has an essential function. Without these flower visitors, numerous wild plants could reproduce only poorly—or ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 3, 2023
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High fertilizer prices could put an additional 100 million people at risk of undernourishment, a study suggests.
Economics & Business
Dec 23, 2022
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Grass is famously resilient. But Paspalum vaginatum, a species better known as seashore paspalum, can tolerate stresses diverse and deadly enough to rival camels and cactuses.
Plants & Animals
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