Silicon, described as a quasi-essential plant nutrient, can also play a big role in protecting crops against diseases.

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 63, No. 14 (2012), pp. 5245-5258 (14 pages) Abstract N-fertilizer use efficiencies are affected by their chemical composition and suffer from potential N-losses by ...

The calcium ammonium nitrate price trend is strongly influenced by rising fertilizer demand, especially in agriculture, ensuring stable consumption and reflected clearly in the calcium ammonium ...

A team led by Prof. Liu Xueyan from the Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a new ...

It’s often said that the best science experiments are the ones which do not require any special devices or ingredients, which makes the use of what naturally comes out of one’s body clearly one of the ...

Estuarine sediments are critical for the remediation of large amounts of anthropogenic nitrogen (N) loading via production of N₂ from nitrate by denitrification. However, nitrate is also recycled ...

Ammonium nitrate on its own is not itself classified as dangerous. PARIS and LONDON -- An explosion at a warehouse stocked with 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate in the Beirut port changed the face of a ...