A recent study published in Nature Communications has uncovered groundbreaking findings in plant biology, opening new doors ...

A biological mechanism makes plant roots more hospitable to microbes. Researchers at the John Innes Centre have identified a ...

Insect droppings, commonly known as insect frass, may seem useless and downright disgusting, but scientists found that this ...

Insect droppings, commonly known as insect frass, may seem useless and downright disgusting, but scientists found that this ...

To be more universally profitable, fertilizer use requires lower transport costs and better agronomics, including complementary inputs. Inorganic fertilizer use is considered low in Africa but it is ...

Synthetic phosphate fertilizer poses a serious threat to our environment. Phosphate rock mining, along with the inorganic fertilizers and animal feed supplements and pesticides for which phosphate is ...

Ammonia is then converted to ammonium ions, nitrate ions, and urea — all key components in so-called inorganic, or mineral, fertilizers. Developed more than a century ago, the Haber–Bosch ...

If we could use mutually beneficial relationships between plant roots and soil microbes to enhance nutrient uptake, then we could potentially reduce the use of inorganic fertilizers. Researchers ...

Soil fertility is the ability of soil to sustain plant growth and optimize crop yield. This can be enhanced through organic and inorganic fertilizers to the soil. Nuclear techniques provide data that ...

The findings represent an exciting breakthrough in the long-held ambition to use enhanced endosymbiotic partnerships as natural alternatives to inorganic-fertilizer across major crops, including ...