Researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that makes plant roots more welcoming to beneficial soil microbes. This ...

Researchers have discovered a biological mechanism that makes plant roots more welcoming to beneficial soil microbes.

Synthetic phosphate fertilizer poses a serious threat to our environment. Phosphate rock mining, along with the inorganic fertilizers and animal feed supplements and pesticides for which phosphate is ...

Ammonia is then converted to ammonium ions, nitrate ions, and urea — all key components in so-called inorganic, or mineral, fertilizers. Developed more than a century ago, the Haber–Bosch ...

Researchers at the John Innes Centre discovered a gene mutation enabling plants to enhance beneficial microbe partnerships, ...