Items Tagged with 'nitrogen uptake'

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Gene Identified that Regulates the Angle of Root Growth in Corn

August 11, 2021 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Nutrient Management

The discovery by an international team of researchers will support breeding of crops with deeper roots, enabling them to acquire more nitrogen, says Penn State University.

Nitrogen Uptake and Release in Cover Crops

August 31, 2020 | Posted in Cover Crops, Nutrient Management

Source: University of Nebraska Extension

The availability of nitrogen (N) returned to the soil from a cover crop for use by the following crop is a function of residual soil N and N mineralization but environmental factors make it difficult to predict the amount of N that will become available and when it can be used. A new post from the University of Nebraska offer insights to help inform nutrient changes following cover crops.

How Roots Find Nutrients in Low-Nitrogen Environments

By Julia Gerlach posted on June 25, 2019 | Posted in Nutrient Management

New study sheds light on previously-unknown hormone pathway, possibly paving the way to the development of crop varieties that use nitrogen more efficiently.

End of Season Cornstalk Nitrate Test in a Drought Year

September 27, 2016 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: Michigan State University Extension

In 2016, test results could be skewed due to when the drought occurred this summer, and may have to be interpreted with some caution, says Michigan State University Extension.

Nitrogen Doesn't Do Well On its Own

January 22, 2015 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: International Plant Nutrition Institute

The International Plant Nutrition Institute found that when other nutritional needs are met, plants use nitrogen more efficiently.

Wheat Nitrogen Considerations for Early 2015

January 9, 2015 | Posted in Nutrient Management

Source: University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture

Although a cold front has made it easier to get across wet fields, the University of Tennessee says it's still early for the first nitrogen application in a late winter/early spring split-nitrogen application approach.

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