For all its status as one of the three major plant nutrients, phosphorus gets little respect. Buried in the middle of the nutrient analysis on fertilizer labels (it's the "P" in N-P-K), phosphorus ...

Timing and location are crucial when applying phosphorus to crops. Depending on soil type and condition, application should parallel plant needs to utilize space and tools available, advised presenter ...

A much-debated farm pollution regulation is set to take wider effect soon in Maryland, stirring growing anxiety among farmers and environmentalists alike. Those concerns could put the rule on hold ...

Semiconducting sheets of phosphorus just a few atoms thick show promise as a material for speedy, low-power, flexible electronics. But one major hurdle has been that making high-quality, ...

Harvest is in full swing, but the impact of a difficult planting season is still apparent from the combine perch. While phosphorus (P) might have been plentiful in the soil, a cold, wet spring tricked ...

As the world tries to mitigate agriculture's effect on the environment, much of the story can be found in the soils, which stores and cycles nutrient elements of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus.

A research team has shown that microbes taken from trees growing beside pristine mountain-fed streams in Western Washington could make phosphorus trapped in soils more accessible to agricultural crops ...

Phosphorus pollution can linger for decades in soils and streams, shaping water quality long after sources are reduced.