Chickens dieting to help Delaware waterways
...called phytase. As a result, about 23 percent less phosphorus is output in chicken manure. So now when poultry...tter is used to fertilize a farm field, a lot less phosphorus is available to potentially leach from the soil or be carried off in storm water to a river or bay. ...New studies on goats' milk show it is more beneficial to health than cows' milk
...hed, against the bioavailability of iron, calcium, phosphorus and magnesium. To carry out this study, the metabo...ue to the higher bioavailability of iron, calcium, phosphorus and magnesium, the restoration of altered haematological parameters and the better levels of parathy......d by turfgrass showed differences in potassium and phosphorus levels and in bulk density, most likely due to fertilization and trampling that is typically associated with turf areas. Researchers also discovered differences in soil pH between residences and other land uses dominated by turgrass, such as transpo...Recycled garden compost reduces phosphorus in soils
...es (DPI) scientists have found very high levels of phosphorus and low levels of organic carbon in vegetable grow...rganic fertilisers and poultry manure, resulted in phosphorus levels well above that required for vegetable nutrition. The study, published in the Australian Jo...Scientists discover cost-effective ways to improve crop output in Uganda
...ion with sorghum Manure application Nitrogen and phosphorus applied as fertilizer Reduced tillage Several soil fertility management practices and reduced tillage were cost effective in increasing sorghum crop yield in the region where little inorganic fertilizer is used. "On-farm profitability and fo...Too much water, fertilizer bad for plant diversity
...w levels of oxygen and high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus used in fertilizers resulting in reduced plant div...ions of water and nutrients -- including nitrogen, phosphorus and cations -- to plots of grassland and found that areas treated with all of the resources had the ...Researcher to determine why oil still remains from Exxon Valdez
...nsume the oil, may not be getting enough nitrogen, phosphorus or oxygen in order to do that. Or, he adds, a layer or sort of "skin" may have developed around the oil patches, making them impenetrable by the micro-organisms. Boufadel also believes that environmental factors such as temperature could be inhibit...Fish extinctions alter critical nutrients in water, study shows
...recycling left by an extinct species, nitrogen and phosphorus were maintained at 80 percent of their starting values until over half the total number of species were lost. Studies of complex ecosystems, especially those involving large, highly mobile fish, are almost impossible to carry out in the wild, but new...Eating ice cream may help women to conceive, but low-fat dairy foods may increase infertility risk
...s there any association between intake of calcium, phosphorus or vitamin D and anovulatory infertility. ...DOE JGI upgrades IMG/M -- the Metagenomics Data Management & Analysis System
...ed studies. These include samples from biological phosphorus removing sludge (Nature Biotechnology Volume 24, Number 10 October 2006), human distal gut (Science 312: 1355-1359, 2 June 2006), a gutless marine worm (Nature 443, 950-955, 26 October 2006), and obese and lean mouse gut (Nature 444, 1027-131, 21 Dec......ying the situation by rectifying the soil's severe phosphorus and nitrogen deficiency with minute applications of fertilizerabout a soda-pop bottle capful per plant, just one-sixth of the amounts used in developed countries. This practice, called "microdosing," causes the roots to shoot out early and capture w...New fertilizer SRM can help control heavy metal content
...sources to provide significant amount of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, the major plant nutrients, and lesser or even trace amounts of other nutrients needed by different crops, such as boron, calcium, iron and zinc. Until relatively recently, fertilizers were tested and certified for their nutrient conte...Consuming cola may up osteoporosis risk for older women
...Physiologically, a diet low in calcium and high in phosphorus may promote bone loss, tipping the balance of bone remodeling toward calcium loss from the bone. Although some studies have countered that the amount of phosphoric acid in cola is negligible compared to other dietary sources such as chicken or cheese...Better sludge through metagenomics
...cess to make it more reliable." Removing excess phosphorus from wastewater can be most economically accomplis...al means in a process known as enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR). The researchers were able to obtain a nearly complete genetic blueprint for a key pl...Iron critical to ocean productivity, carbon uptake
...r key element to ocean productivity. "Nitrogen and phosphorus are nutrients that come up from the ocean bottom to feed the upper water column," Behrenfeld said. "Iron, on the other hand, can come from the deep or from the air, but it also enters the ocean through dust deposited by the wind. Windstorms blowing s...DFG presents the 2006 MAK and BAT value list
... p-phenylenediamine, white and yellow phosphorous, phosphorus trichloride, m-phthalic acid, p-phthalic acid, hydrogen sulphide, carbon tetrachloride, tetrahydrothiophen, thiram, trichlorbenzol, triethylenglycol and trimethylamine were classified as chemical compounds which, in complying with MAK values, pose no...Figuring out function from bacteria's bewildering forms
...stalked bacteria are central players in scavenging phosphorus in oceans and lakes, and reintroducing it into the food chain." C. crescentus is an unusual bacterium whose lifespan encompasses two phases: a mobile "swarmer" phase, in which the cells have a single flagellum, and a sedentary "stalked" phase in...New study reveals pork rivals chicken in terms of leanness
...excellent" source of protein, thiamin, vitamin B6, phosphorus and niacin, and a "good" source of riboflavin, potassium and zinc, yet contributes only 6 percent of the calories to a 2,000-calorie diet....Tropical rainforest nutrients linked to global carbon dioxide levels
...oxide levels on Earth." The study showed that when phosphorus or nitrogen -- which occur naturally in rain fores...ecause human activities are changing the amount of phosphorus and nitrogen in ecosystems all over the globe, including the tropics," Cleveland said. "Tropical ra......ado at Boulder study. The study showed when either phosphorus or nitrogen -- both of which occur naturally in th...ecause human activities are changing the amount of phosphorus and nitrogen in ecosystems all over the globe, including the tropics, Cleveland said. Tropical rain ...