Highlights

Arable farming
Soybean benefits from nickel-enriched limestone
Silicification of wheat leaves differs per growth stage
Silicon and sulphur enhance drought tolerance of maize
Nutrient seed treatment against drought stress in oilseed rape

Potato nutrition
Foliar-applied silicon increases potato mini-tuber production

Fruits and vegetables
Iron(II) ions recover leaves of citrus trees suffering from huanglongbing
Nickel reduces blossom-end rot in tomato

Ornamentals
Selenium protects ornamentals against stress, extends vase life
Canadian researchers reduce fertiliser levels for sub-irrigated pot plants

Fertilisers and organic fertilisers
Plea for better enhanced efficiency nitrogen fertilisers
Magnesium successfully co-granulated with monoammonium phosphate
China’s development road of ammonium phosphate fertilisers

Plant nutrition patents
Patent analysis shows developments in urea fertiliser coatings
Recent plant nutrition patent publications

Plant research
New virus discovered in world’s most widely used research plant

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