IT is generally accepted that much of the beneficial effect of phosphate applied to soils is due to fixation of aluminium. During a recent examination of mud from a mangrove swamp in Sierra Leone it ...

Phosphorus is essential for plant growth, yet much of the phosphorus in soils worldwide remains locked in forms that crops cannot use. A new review study highlights how biochar, a carbon-rich material ...

Chemists have long been enamored with nitrogen fixation, the process nature employs to help plants capture atmospheric nitrogen and convert it to ammonia for use as a nutrient. Besides the famous ...

Life isn’t fair—not with phosphate fertilizer, anyway. Timing and placement of phosphorus (P) applications—a critical part of crop production—is easier for a central Illinois farmer in a corn/soybean ...