Adding nitrogen to the soil is essential for promoting healthy plant growth and ensuring productive gardens. While synthetic fertilizers are commonly used for this purpose, there are several natural ...

If you have leaves that are supposed to be emerald green but instead look more like shades of lemon, it’s time to take a ...

Midwestern soils are among the most productive in the world, thanks in part to extensive tile drainage systems that remove ...

Champaign, researchers tested whether modern high-yielding soybeans benefit from nitrogen fertilizer, with results suggesting ...

Nitrogen is an essential ingredient for photosynthesis, but most plants can’t directly absorb it from the air. Fertilizer manufacturers help them along by breaking down the strong triple bonds between ...

When purchasing chrysanthemums, select plants with a few open flowers, mostly closed buds and healthy foliage. The blooms ...

A team is working to find crop varieties, starting with sorghum, that will minimize that escaped nitrogen, thus reducing ...

However, the team also showed that overall nitrogen needs will increase in the course of global warming if the full yield potential of the plants is to be achieved -- although the new cultivars will ...

Long Island Water Quality Challenge invites middle and high school students to create "Green Infrastructure" projects on ...

Bacteria that reside in soil can significantly boost the reproductive capacity of certain plants by making the flowers more ...

Forests may be more resilient to climate change, with rising temperatures and nitrogen levels helping retain soil carbon.