Gardeners are often told how important nutrients are to plants. But what is a nutrient, actually? “Nutrients are the chemical elements that plants need to build their tissues and operate their life ...

A new study has investigated how the relationship between mean annual precipitation (MAP) and grassland biomass changes when one or more nutrients are added. The authors show that precipitation and ...

We are in the heart of our short Michigan growing season. All things green and growing can use fertilizer now. We have to remember that plants eat too. Right now most plants are as hungry as they will ...

Successfully cultivating homegrown tomato plants requires healthy servings of good soil, sufficient water, lots of sunshine, and properly formulated (and applied) fertilizer. To set the stage for ...

Plants rely on efficient internal transport systems to distribute essential mineral nutrients, yet how this distribution is ...

What makes plants tolerant to nutrient fluctuations? An international research team led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and involving the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant ...