US researchers are developing an AI-powered microscope system that could make soil health testing faster, cheaper, and more ...

Any home gardener knows they have to tailor their watering regime for different plants. Forgetting to water their flowerbed ...

A new IAEA coordinated research project ( CRP D12015) will apply gamma-ray spectrometry and digital technologies such as drones, satellite imagery and advanced analytics for precise soil assessment to ...

Nitrogen fertilizers have been extremely important in the rise of modern agriculture and food security. Source: Unsplash/George Bakos ...

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On Tuesday, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced that a three-year, $1.94 million project has begun to implement ...

Nitrogen is one of the soil nutrients that is most essential for healthy plant growth because it not only helps the plant ...

"If it ain’t broke, don’t ‘fix’ it." Gardener shares money-saving hack for nutrient-rich soil: 'It's been happening in the ...

According to new Yale research, adding lime to agricultural soils may help remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Aquaponics is the process of growing plants and cultivating fish in a single water cycle. This study aims to develop a sustainable Aquaponics system using nitrification to balance the ecosystem. The ...

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New research on maize shows that precisely monitoring plant greenness (nitrogen levels) with a simple device dramatically ...