Category: Horticultutre

Nanomaterials as fertilizers for improving plant mineral nutrition and environmental outcomes Peter M. Kopittke, *a Enzo Lombi, b Peng Wang,c Jan K. Schjoerringd and Søren Hustedd Food production must increase markedly to feed the growing human population, but this needs to be achieved whilst simultaneously reducing adverse environmental impacts. In this regard, there is increasing […]

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Developed by the University of Copenhagen the NN-Easy55 works on chlorophyll fluorescence. Numerous studies have shown that manganese deficiency has a unique effect on the emissions of chlorophyll fluorescence. Manganese deficiency is therefore detectable with chlorophyll fluorescence long before visual deficiency symptoms are present. This is due to the irreplaceable role of manganese in photosynthesis. […]

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What’s so Special about Nanotechnology? Not much!! The word “nano” refers to a length scale. A nanometer is one billionth of a meter – that’s about 10,000 times smaller than the thickness of a human hair. Every solid and liquid has a nanostructure!!! “Nano” only matters when that length scale gives a material some particular […]

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To the Editor of the Australian Nutgrower, Over the past number of years, the number of advertisements for new, novel or alternative fertiliser products making astonishing and enticing claims has grown significantly. The claims made by the manufacturers about their products and what they can do for production, soil improvement, plant health and nutrition and […]

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