Highlights

Arable farming
Oilseed rape profits from sulphur in seed glucosinolates
Spraying potassium against heat stress in wheat
Maize en sugar beet benefit differently from preceding cover crops

Fruits and vegetables
Spinach benefits from combination of boron and boron-complexing metabolites
Preharvest boron spraying limits frost impact on broccoli quality
A little iodine increases lettuce yield

Plant and soil analytics
Machine learning used to improve interpretation of nutrient levels in leaf samples

Fertilisers
Novel strategy to prepare fertiliser coatings
Urea synthesis by ball milling ammonia water and carbon dioxide
Mechanochemical synthesis of slow-release molybdenum-zinc fertilisers
Potassium tripolyphosphate suited as fertiliser
Siderophore-based zinc chelate

Beneficial soil microbes
Harsh criticism of mode of action of phosphate solubilisers
Biobased polymer seed coating protects plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria

Plant nutrition patents
Recent plant nutrition patent publications

Formulation research
Cost-competitive biosurfactants from agro-industrial residues
Solid state encapsulation of active ingredients
Melt suspension technique for low-melting active ingredients
Some amine-based formulation inerts are a significant source of carcinogenic nitrosamine precursors
Low risk of viroid spread with oils from citrus fruit peels

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