Plants need at least 17 essential nutrients to complete their life cycles. Scientists group these essential nutrients into macronutrients (carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus, ...

"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.

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 ...

Despite advances in modern agriculture, overuse of fertilizers spurred by fears of low crop yield is a continuing source of damage to the environment. Excess nitrogen from fertilizers ends up in ...