Opportunists among plants

Invasive species thrive by making the most of nutrition that comes in spurts

Excess CO2 in air retards plants growth

Nitrogen? Warming?

Enough of carbon talks. Heres a new element with potential

Organic matters

Soil carbon can foretell soil health

Seeds of failure

Soybean does not sprout in 40,000 hectares in Maharashtra, state blames farmers

Fertilizers acidify soils

Crop yield drops, plant biodiversity is impacted as a whole  

Locust repellents

The insect dislikes crops rich in nitrogen and proteins

Now farmland reservation

Rural development ministry suggests land reservation for agriculture

Measure of tolerance

New way to calculate capacity of soil to resist erosion

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Ground works

Wastewater treatment plant that also functions as a garden

Fruits of doing nothing

Two young farmers of Karnataka prosper by overcoming tiller instinct  

That's rich!

Sugarcane cultivation and manure production can go hand in hand

A glut of nitrogen

Brickbats for farmlands

Kilns reduce soil nutrition, stunt vegetation

Indore’s soil is malnourished

Vital nutrients missing: study 

Lest mountain slips

Wireless sensor network to predict landslides

Modified to work

Salinity of black cotton soils can now be measured easily

Smart farming

How to improve yield in organic farming

Soil as seismic radar

Chemical changes in the soil hold clues

Bt's soil chemistry

Soil mapping in sub-Saharan Africa for better use of fertilisers, improving food security

UN's FAO to digitally map soil nutrients in central American countries too

Microbes hold the key

Bacteria could play a crucial role in restoring fertile prairies in North America

Green cussedness, anyone?

They did the impossible on land that held no hope

Fertilizer subsidy fuelling food shortage