Highlights

Arable farming
Benefits of placing granular phosphate fertilisers mapped out
Sorghum cover crop reduces nitrification
Maize lines differently affect nitrification and denitrification
Organosilicon soil surfactants can counteract mycorrhizae, nutrient uptake
Raman spectroscopy shows nitrogen fixation activity in soybean

Fruits, vegetables and ornamentals
Foliar-applied magnesium reduces green peach aphid infestation in sweet pepper
Iron chelates compared for their ability to prevent iron deficiency

Plant and soil analytics
Real-time fertiliser dissolution monitoring

Fertilisers
Slow-release seed coating allows for high micronutrient loading
Novel biodegradable and traceable ligand
Growing interest in designing slow-release urea molecules
Spontaneous formation of urea in aqueous ammonia droplets
Slow-release liquid urea fertiliser formulation for soil application
Biochar can improve phosphate fertiliser efficiency

Beneficial soil microbes
Siderophores remobilize iron from root to shoot
Synergists for plant growth promoting bacteria

Silicon
Silicon improves nitrogen fixation capacity of legumes

Plant nutrition patents
Recent plant nutrition patent publications

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