nutrition of plant News
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3Bar Biologics Wins the Inaugural Plant Nutrition Startup Showcase $20,000 Grand Prize
After an extensive global search, over 50 applications from all over the world, three days of presentations and a two-hour pitch session by seven selected startups, the International Fertilizer Industry (IFA) and Larta Institute today crowned 3Bar Biologics as the winner of the first ever Plant Nutrition Startup Showcase, for its innovative on-farm microbe fermentation technology. "3Bar ...
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IFA’s Annual Conference in Montreal: The Global Fertilizer Industry Continues to Evolve and Connect
More than 1250 representatives from 67 countries met in Montreal to advance the industry’s commitments to industry stewardship, partnerships and innovation at IFA’s Annual Conference, IFA2019, the most important global plant nutrition event. The tone was set by two outstanding keynote speakers. Jim Collins, CEO of newly launched Corteva, which brings together the agricultural ...
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The Inaugural High-Level Plant Nutrition Forum Calls for a New Agenda for Plant Nutrition
As the world rushes towards a population of 10 billion people by 2050 while simultaneously facing the perils of climate change, global agricultural systems must evolve to ensure our sustainable future. On November 18th and 19th, the International Fertilizer Association (IFA) convened leading experts from diverse sectors including the research and farming community, international organizations ...
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A new innovative way to fertilize through leaves
Various nitrogen sources were tested in this study in order to fertilize pine leaves and oak leaves instead of using the traditional fertilization which is based on the nitrogen absorption through the root. After assessing the efficiency of leaf nitrogen uptake of the two studied species, the researcher team from Universidad de Alcalá and Politécnica de Madrid concluded that this ...
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The impacts of Covid-19 on the animal feed industry
What about the continuity of animal nutrition plants across the globe? It goes without saying that COVID-19 has disrupted the nutrition industries. The measures that have been taken in the past weeks have affected both our personal lives as the way our industry is functioning. These are challenging times that trigger us to look at business continuity on 3 levels: ensuring continuity in the ...
By BESTMIX
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Common Pesticide Reduces Food Value of Algae
SILVER SPRING, Maryland (ENS) - Researchers with the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science have identified negative effects of the commonly used herbicide atrazine on phytoplankton, the free-floating algae that form the base of the food chain for aquatic animals. Published in the current issue of the journal 'Pesticide-Biochemistry and Physiology,' the study indicates protein levels ...
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4 reasons to visit Adifo at IPPE
Come see us at IPPE in Atlanta from the 12th-14th of February and discover Adifo’s revolutionary BESTMIX Formulation as a Service. This award-winning cloud-based collaborative platform is still transforming the information interchange between nutrition experts, plant formulators and the outside world. Listed below are four reasons why a visit to Adifo’s booth will be one of the ...
By BESTMIX
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4 reasons why you definitely need to visit Adifo at VIV Asia
VIV Asia, in Bangkok from March 13 - 15, is the ideal moment to drop by and discover Adifo’s revolutionary BESTMIX Formulation as a Service and other software solutions. The award-winning cloud-based collaborative platform, BESTMIX, is still revolutionizing the way information is interchanged between nutrition experts, plant formulators and the outside world. Below you can find 4 ...
By BESTMIX
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IFA2030 Launched at Strategic Forum
The global fertilizer industry provided in 2016 almost 190 million tons of nutrients to crops, and with global food demand increasing in line with population growth, it is clear that fertilizers will play an even larger role in global food security in the decades ahead. At the same time, forces impacting the agricultural sector, technological developments, environmental constraints, consumer ...
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Announcing IFA’s New Scientific Panel on Responsible Plant Nutrition
A new scientific panel will provide crucial data and research to facilitate continued progress towards sustainable plant nutrition required for feeding the world’s growing population in the face of climate change and other challenges to agricultural systems. Following an inaugural organizational meeting among seven scientists held in Versailles, France on November 17, the International ...
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UNEA-4 Adopts Resolution on Sustainable Nitrogen Management: Global Fertilizer Industry Committed to Doing Its Part
The Resolution on Sustainable Nitrogen Management, adopted at the 11-15 March UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, calls for coherent evidence-based, global policy coordination to address negative impacts of reactive nitrogen stemming from multiple sources. “With the numerous uses of nitrogen in industrial transformation, energy production, and, of course, plant nutrition, IFA welcomes this ...
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Nitrogen Management Studied in Greenhouse Pepper Production
As consumer demand for year-round fresh produce increases, vegetable and fruit producers are facing significant environmental and sustainability issues, and are being challenged to examine traditional production practices in order to improve product quality while limiting environmental impact. A recent focus on both the positive and negative effects of nitrogen applications has researchers across ...
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Plant Morphology and Spectrum: How Plants Respond to Light Quality
Light is one of the most important factors for optimizing plant growth. Plants collect energy from light to make sugars and these sugars are used for the growth of roots, leaves, stems and flowers. Plants use light for both photosynthesis and to respond to the environment to optimize their growth. Light can be described as the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum which extends from ...
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Lifeasible Helps Digg into Plant Immunity Knowledge for Botany Research
Lifeasible, an experienced biotechnology company focused on all aspects of Plant Immunity Services, now supports its customers' research with services that cover plant adversity resistance, plant pest resistance, plant pathology, plant viruses, plant antibiotics, and identification & analysis of plant disease resistance. There are two main types of infestation that plants suffer, one being ...
By Lifeasible
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EPA Seeks Comments on Updated Draft Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Plant Regulators and Claims, Including Plant Biostimulants
On November 24, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of, and requested comments on, the updated Draft Guidance for Plant Regulator Products and Claims, Including Plant Biostimulants (Draft Guidance). The original Draft Guidance (2019 Draft Guidance) was made available on March 27, 2019. EPA states that the updated Draft Guidance “incorporates ...
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TIMAC AGRO Romania celebrates its 15th anniversary
A major player in plant nutrition, TIMAC AGRO România celebrates its 15th anniversary alongside Romanian farmers. Driven by passion, courage and ambition of all its teams, the subsidiary has been committed for 15 years to the development of sustainable ...
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Genetic change could make crops thrive on salty soils
Scientists have genetically modified plants to tolerate high levels of salt — offering a potential solution to growing food in salty soils. The researchers inserted a gene to remove salt — in the form of sodium ions — from water taken up by the plant before it reaches the leaves, where it does most damage. The research was published in The Plant Cell this month (7 July). High salinity reduces ...
By SciDev.Net
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The Fertilizer Industry Embraces the Sustainable Future at IFA’s Annual Conference in Berlin
Over 1350 international fertilizer industry executives and plant nutrition organization representatives convened for a fascinating discussion about the future at the 86th annual meeting of the International Fertilizer Association (IFA) in Berlin from June 18th to the 20th. Highlights of the meeting included: Preparing for the Future with IFA2030 IFA announced the outcomes of its “IFA2030 ...
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Forest soils recovering from effects of acid rain
Before the United States 1970 Clean Air Act, rainfall all over the country was acidic. As precipitation would fall from the sky, it would mix with gases from industrial plants, emissions from cars, and especially coal and fossil fuel consumption. That caused the water to become acidic – also called “acid rain.” Besides the air pollution hurting plants and humans, this acid rain ...
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IFA to Highlight the Essential Role of Fertilizers for Sustainable Agricultural Systems at COP25
As the world examines how agriculture is impacted by and also in turn impacts climate change, IFA will be leading an industry delegation to Madrid to underscore the vital role of fertilizers in producing around 50% of the world's food supply, and meeting the challenge of a 60% increase in productivity to feed a population of 9.8 billion people by 2050 on existing arable land, as well as the need ...
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