Plants are naturally “solar-powered,” but there is a carbon footprint associated with growing them as a crop. The fuel used to power tractors and other equipment is part of that footprint, but the ...

When you think about a thriving ecosystem, it’s easy to see the symbiotic relationship between plants and animals. Plants feed animals and, in return, animals fertilize plants through scat and ...

Nitrogen fertilizers make it possible to feed the world's growing population, but they are also costly adn harm ecosystems. However, a few plants have evolved the ability to acquire their own nitrogen ...

UC Davis researchers engineered wheat that encourages soil bacteria to convert atmospheric nitrogen into plant-usable fertilizer. By boosting a natural compound in the plant, the wheat triggers ...

XUAN CANH, Vietnam--Truong Thi Nha stands just four and a half feet tall. Her three grown children tower over her, just as many young people in this village outside Hanoi dwarf their parents. The ...

From raw eggs to pasta water, we dissect gardening hacks approved by TikTok and offer science-backed reasons for their ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- The Upper Midwest's fast-growing corn industry could be getting a major boost. A proposed nitrogen fertilizer plant, if built, could make nitrogen -- crucial to good corn yields - ...

This is a non-trivial challenge because of logistical limitations and the vagaries of weather, but the basic economics drive careful use. Why Agriculture Needs to “up it’s N-game” There are now two ...

KIAMBU COUNTY, Kenya — Monica Kariuki is about ready to give up on farming. What is driving her off her 10 acres of land outside Nairobi isn’t bad weather, pests or blight — the traditional ...