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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - While proving a long-held theory that suberin blocks water and nutrient absorption in plants, a Purdue University scientist learned more about manipulating the substance to ...

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Before stowing your gardening gloves, discover how mulching in fall can benefit the soil and help plants better handle winter ...

Soil nutrients support plants, and the animals who consume plants return these nutrients to the soil, creating a nutrient cycle. In a new study published in Ecology, scientists from the Smithsonian's ...

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Reducing industrial animal use can help to shrink our carbon footprint and boost health—but doing so means we need nutritious ...

Lettuce grown in space contains 29-31% less calcium and 25% less magnesium than Earth crops, creating serious health risks ...

The cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum) offers an ecologically advantageous alternative to silage maize for bioenergy production ...

An analysis of a range of dry dog foods finds that none are nutritionally complete, but vegan and vegetarian foods compare ...