Experts advise farmers to use organic fertilisers and amendments, and these include the use of compost rich in humus to ...
Conserving the microbes in coral reefs, for example, could greatly benefit the people who live near them. Healthy coral reefs ...
They still need further testing in order to confirm this conclusion. Researchers make disturbing discovery after examining ...
Contemporary industrial nitrogen fixation largely relies on the energy-intensive Haber-Bosch process, which operates under ...
Researchers are calling for the conservation of teeny tiny organisms that normally get overlooked, and conservationists are ...
Beans plants evolved nitrogen-fixing tricks - an ancient secret that could help crops grow with less fertilizer and transform ...
Low nitrogen availability is the number one limitation to plant growth in most ecosystems. Plants in the bean family and other closely related families evolved a symbiotic relationship with bacteria ...
ABSTRACT: The increasing global population demands innovative approaches to enhance food security while promoting sustainable agricultural practices. This review explores the potential of biological ...
The patent, granted by Brazil’s National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) under the Ministry of Economy, covers a process that combines glauconitic siltstone – a sedimentary rock composed of ...
Scientists have engineered wheat to nudge soil bacteria into producing plant-ready nitrogen, a shift that could cut fertilizer use, curb pollution, and lower farm costs without sacrificing yields. The ...
There's always a strange sort of balance to technologies developed with good intentions in mind. For example, synthetic fertilizer significantly shaped modern agriculture, boosting crop yields, food ...
UC Davis scientists have developed wheat plants that can stimulate the production of their own fertilizer. (Getty) Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have developed wheat plants that ...