Half the Straw, Full Fertility: The Sweet Spot for Climate-Smart Rice Farming
A five-year field and laboratory study shows that incorporating half of the harvested rice straw boosts paddy soil fertility while ...
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Hidden Potassium Reserves in Clay Soils Quietly Feed Crops and Upend Fertilizer Advice
A thirteen-month greenhouse experiment shows that potassium locked in clay minerals supplied up to 74 percent of alfalfa's uptake in ...
From Soil to Smile: Amazon Pasture Microbes Linked to Cattle Gum Disease
A new study links soil texture, micronutrient availability, and microbial reassembly across Amazon pastures to the prevalence of a debilitating ...
Mistletoe quietly drains cocoa trees of key nutrients, Ghana study reveals
Research on Ghanaian cocoa farms shows the hemiparasitic mistletoe Tapinanthus bangwensis selectively depletes nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and copper in host ...
Biochar on Sandy Soils: A 32-Year Map of a Quiet Agricultural Revolution
A new bibliometric analysis of 543 publications maps three decades of exponential growth in research on biochar as a remedy ...
Trees on Farms Boost Tropical Soil Carbon and Fertility, Landmark Ecuador Study Finds
A study of 187 farms in Ecuador's Amazon found that cacao and coffee agroforestry and silvopastoral systems store 20 to ...
Biochar and lime unlock first-year crops on converted boreal forest soil
A first-year field trial in Labrador shows hardwood biochar and peat with limestone rapidly relieve the acidity and nutrient retention ...
Green Manure Can Backfire: Too Much of a Good Thing Boosts Toxic Gas and Cuts Rice Yields
A new mesocosm study shows that moderate green manure incorporation boosts rice yields, but excessive rates dramatically increase toxic hydrogen ...
Discarded Rubber Gloves Could Give Farm Soil a Surprising Boost
Researchers found that sterilized, crushed waste natural rubber latex gloves mixed into soil at ten percent by weight boosted plant ...
Organic Fertilizer Boosts Maize but Not Wheat in China’s Grain Belt, Meta-Analysis Finds
A meta-analysis of 73 field studies on China's Huang-Huai-Hai Plain shows organic fertilizer substitution raises maize yields by 16.45 percent ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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