A critical nutrient for life, most phosphorus in the soil is organic—from remains of plants, microbes or animals. But plants need inorganic phosphorus—the type found in fertilizers—for food. While ...

A new study overturns assumptions about how phosphorus becomes available in soils and sediments for plant growth.

Scientists have uncovered that iron oxides, previously thought to trap phosphorus, actually help convert it into a ...

Northwestern researchers made progress on new biochemical possibilities this week, in both the human brain and everyday ...

With its new enzyme mode of action, Phosforce from Koch Agronomic Services is a novel phosphorus nutrient use efficiency product. It aims to make more phosphorus available to the plant during ...

Most organic compounds contain carbon and hydrogen, but they may also include any number of other elements (e.g., nitrogen, oxygen, halogens, phosphorus, silicon, sulfur). Originally limited to the ...

The phosphorus and nitrogen outputs from each type of organic waste were compared. This experimental method produced nutrient solutions capable of replacing unsustainable chemical phosphorus and ...

Phosphorus fertilizer application method – Describes the inorganic P source application method (e.g., broadcast, banded, etc.) and time of year the organic P source is applied. This information is ...