Nitrogen, which is a key nutrient source for food, biomass, and fibre production in agriculture, is by far the most important element in fertilizers when judged in terms of the energy required for its ...

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover photographed this dune, blanketed in regolith, in February 2014. New research is examining how combining various fertilizer and fungus sources could help astronauts grow ...

UC Davis researchers engineered wheat that encourages soil bacteria to convert atmospheric nitrogen into plant-usable fertilizer. By boosting a natural compound in the plant, the wheat triggers ...