Nitrogen is one of the most important nutrients for garden health and if your soil doesn't have enough, your plant's leaves ...

An international research team, including Dr. Justyna Olas who is co-first author on the study, has uncovered fundamental ...

Nitrogen and potassium are fundamental nutrients for plant growth, but imbalances frequently disrupt agricultural systems. In ...

More important, coffee grounds add vital nitrogen to the soil that allows plants to absorb water and nutrients. It doesn’t matter if you drink decaf or regular—either will do the trick.

A new gene-editing technology for sustainable agriculture has been published by Scientific Reports' peer-reviewed research, showing the potential to make microbes more efficient at converting atmosphe ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University is part of a European-American collaboration studying how human activities, like fertilizer use and polluting, are impacting nitrogen-fixing plants ...

The new report found that permits for production facilities often do not set limits for nitrogen and phosphorous discharges.

Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition and climate change can reduce the competitive advantage of nitrogen-fixing plants, leading to reduced diversity of these plants in a community. Surprisingly ...

Manure is a first-rate, albeit smelly, treasure trove of nutrients, with all the macro- and micronutrients plants need to grow (though not necessarily in the right concentrations). While phosphorus of ...

Because nitrogen fertilizers contribute to global greenhouse gas emissions, scientists are looking for ways to modify agricultural plants so that they rely on less nitrogen. In research published ...

Thaw is a problem because permafrost holds enormous amounts of carbon, more than twice as much as is already present in the ...

Wilting flowers may not mean poor plant health; instead, they could be part of a smart resource-saving strategy. A study from ...