To address the issue, the scientists tested if they could disable the StCDF1 gene to produce potatoes in an extremely ...

Extreme weather from climate change, including droughts and heavy rains, may increase the risk of nitrates from fertilizers ...

Climate-driven extreme weather conditions, such as droughts and intense precipitation, may be accelerating the pace at which ...

Deputy Secretary Torres Small said the Fertilizer Production Expansion Program ... the production capacity of its urea and ammonium nitrate facility to 580,000 tons per year.

Interestingly, the amount of water in the ICF and ECF is affected by their concentration of electrolytes, especially potassium and sodium. Potassium is the main electrolyte in the ICF, and it ...

“Security is everyone’s business. acid, potassium nitrate and sodium nitrate are also used in fertilizers or in making fertilizers, the CFI noted, adding that ammonium nitrate is the only one commonly ...

These industrial mineral fertilizers are not only made from finite resources (as in the case of phosphorus), but also require a lot of energy and fossil fuels to produce (as in the case of nitrogen).

Scientists in Ferrara, Italy, have conducted a study using microbial biofertilizers and algae-based biostimulants instead of synthetic fertilizers on tomato crops — and the results were very promising ...

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117585 ,Republic of Singapore Institute of Materials Research and Engineering,Agency for Science, ...

But, as new research shows, that disaster actually may have been beneficial for the early evolution of life by serving as "a giant fertilizer bomb" for the bacteria and other single-celled ...

The nitric acid market is evolving due to the increasing global demand for fertilizers and agricultural chemicals. One key trend shaping the market is the growing use of ammonium nitrate in ...