Highlights

Arable farming
Fertilisation affects bulk soil more strongly than rhizosphere soil
Plant pathogenic fungi manipulate phosphate sensing to promote infection
Iron mitigates prolonged heat stress in wheat and cool-season grass
High phosphate soil status exacerbates boron deficiency in oilseed rape
Bacterial biopolymer mitigates aluminium stress in wheat

Fruits and vegetables
Growth stimulus by microbubble-assisted administration of plasma-activated water
Macronutrient solubility responds to the pH of peat-based container substrates

Plant and soil analytics
Spectroscope reads a plant’s nutritional status from electrical current through tissue
Measuring severity of nutrient deficiency by content of specific microRNAs
Sensing of maize nitrogen status using digital images from below the canopy

Fertilisers
New ammonium carbonate-based fertiliser materials
Shellac coating for granular urea
Effectiveness of coated phosphate fertiliser differs by soil type
Co-granulation with pillared clay turns fertiliser into slow-release formulation
Mechanically activated clay carrier for slow-release phosphate fertiliser
Chamomile makes synthesizable urease and nitrification inhibitor

Silicon
Wheat cultivars differ in responsiveness to silicon application
Silicon dioxide suspension reduces soybean pest and diseases
Ammonium nutrition improves silicon uptake compared to nitrate supplementation

Plant nutrition patents
Recent plant nutrition patent publications

Formulation research
Y-shaped alkyl triazole glycoside surfactants can replace alkyl polyglucosides
Hydrophylic headgroup affects surface properties of branched-chain anionic surfactants
Milling cellulose waste into biodegradable surfactants

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