A plant doesn’t ever whisper when something is going wrong. It signals loudly through color, shape, and growth, and those ...

Although soybeans generally supply up to 90% of their own nitrogen needs through their beneficial relationship with Rhizobium bacteria 1 and via the soil 2, there are several factors that can limit ...

When it comes to stressed corn plants, pictures can help explain what you’re seeing in the field better than the proverbially thousand words – especially this time of year, says Ken Ferrie, Farm ...

"We studied a large number of wheat and barley genotypes under different nitrogen supply conditions and analyzed their root architecture and nitrogen accumulation in the plants," says lead author Md.

Nitrates are critical for the growth of plants, so plants have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to ensure sufficient nitrate uptake from their environments. In a new study published in the journal ...

An ecological imbalance in a lake can usually be attributed to increased nutrient inputs. The result: increased phytoplankton growth, oxygen deficiency, toxic cyanobacterial blooms and fish kills.

If your vegetable garden isn't thriving as expected, despite your best efforts, it might not be a matter of neglect but of nutrition. Just like humans, plants need a balanced diet to grow strong and ...

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Nitrates are critical for the growth of plants, so plants have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to ensure sufficient nitrate uptake from their environments. In a new study published in Nature Plants, ...

Researchers have identified a plant enzyme that is key to activating a nitrate uptake mechanism in response to nitrogen starvation. This finding explains how plants meet their needs in challenging ...