Increasingly, farmers are asking such questions as: "How do nitrogen fertilizers differ? What are the best kinds for the various crops I raise? Which ones should or shouldn't be used on the types of ...

“Starting from the bottom—understanding various types of nitrogen fertilizers, how each one behaves in the soil and how they can be lost through denitrification, leaching or volatilization ...

Nitrogen fixation takes a considerable amount of energy in the form of sugars produced by photosynthesis ... Would adding nitrogen fertilizer fix this problem and result in higher yields?

In agricultural systems, fertilizers are used extensively to increase plant production, but unused nitrogen, usually in the form of nitrate, can leach out of the soil, enter streams and rivers ...

Food productivity is dependent on the availability of fertilizer, says Utah State University biochemist Lance Seefeldt. "We ...

That nitrogen fertilizer—more than a hundred million tons applied worldwide every year—fuels bountiful harvests. Without it, human civilization in its current form could not exist. Our planet ...

commonly known as biological nitrogen fixation (BNF), was the main form of nitrogen nutrition for crops for thousands of ...

Soybeans form a natural partnership with bacteria ... Therefore, some researchers and farmers believe adding nitrogen ...

A gene controlling potato growth limits the plant’s fertilizer uptake. Tweaking related genes could lead to more sustainable potato varieties.

With so many types of fertilizer and each plant benefitting ... For example, using a high nitrogen fertilizer will develop ...