Plants need phosphorus, an essential nutrient, to grow. This nutrient is present in fertilizers and applied to crops to increase their yields. One downside of too much phosphorus in this agricultural ...

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Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are essential nutrients for all living organisms. Soil, fertilizer, and manure are all sources of N and P to growing crops. Atmospheric deposition (the air we breathe ...

On an overcast day, Roger Sylvester-Bradley walks along a hawthorn hedge, collecting a thick rind of mud on his leather boots, before stepping into a gently sloping field of barley. He stoops to pluck ...

Several major incidents have occurred over the years involving white phosphorus; two train derailments involving tank cars and one incident involving a box truck carrying 55-gallon drums. Phosphorus ...

LONDON. Royal Society, December 8, 1921.—Sir C. S. Sherrington, president, in the chair.—Lord Rayleigh: A study of the glow of phosphorus: Periodic luminosity and action of inhibiting substances. The ...