For those of us seeking lush gardens, bountiful harvests and vibrant color, nitrogen is a key element to promote plant health.

Combine air and natural gas over an iron oxide catalyst under high pressure and intense heat and what do you get? The answer, surprisingly, is plant food: ammonia, the chemical precursor to nitrogen ...

Turning leftover pumpkins into fertilizer gives your garden a natural nutrient boost while keeping food waste out of landfills. Pumpkin scraps release vitamins and minerals like potassium, phosphorus, ...

An invasion of soybean aphids poses a problem for soybean farmers requiring application of pesticides, but entomologists think a careful choice of nitrogen-fixing bacteria may provide protection ...

Waterways in remote, pristine tropical forests located in the Caribbean and Central America contain levels of nitrogen comparable to amounts found in streams and rivers flowing through polluted ...

Nitrogen in ocean waters fuels the growth of two tiny but toxic phytoplankton species that are harmful to marine life and human health, warns a new study. Researchers found that nitrogen entering the ...

Summer brings daily storms in the Sunshine State, and with the rain, you need to control flooding in some neighborhoods. Florida is swimming in 76,000 stormwater ponds. Designed to control flooding, ...

High input prices continue to be a pain point for farmers planning their 2023 crop needs, and nitrogen prices are now seeing a resurgence heading into fall. Experts say the price of natural gas isn’t ...

Red alder is a nitrogen-fixing plant species. Photo by Steven Perakis. CORVALLIS, Ore. – A new study indicates that forests, prairies and other natural areas around the globe acquire less nitrogen ...

Soil nitrogen pools were lower in a 4-yr-old constructed salt marsh than in an adjacent natural marsh of San Diego Bay. Aboveground biomass and foliar nitrogen content of Spartina foliosa were both ...