Modern crops are often excessively fertilized, which boosts yields in the short term but also harms the environment due to nutrient runoffs and greenhouse gas emissions. Additionally, fertilizers are ...

For plants to thrive, they require a magic formula: water plus sunlight plus air plus fertilizer. Many green thumbs forget the last part of that equation. But fertilizers—substances that make soil ...

In a pioneering study that explores innovative solutions for soil salinization, researchers are investigating the effects of subsurface organic fertilization on microbial necromass accumulation in ...

Ninety-five per cent of the food we eat is grown directly or indirectly from soil. Today, however, this essential natural resource is threatened by many forms of land degradation. According to the ...

It sounds like weird science and some have dismissed it as "snake oil." But an emerging technology for crop fertilizer is gaining interest amid an acute shortage of fertilizer caused by wars in the ...