WEEDS AS FERTILIZING MATERIAL

Weeds

The freckled cowslip, burnet, and green clover, Wanting the scythe, all uncorrected, rank, Conceives by idleness, and nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs, Losing both beauty and utility. S ometimes in the spring, when I'm on my hands and knees among the azaleas, pulling out purslane and dandelion , I think how wonderful gardening would be if only it weren't for weeds...

Fertilizing hidden hunger

A healthy meal is a complex cocktail of macroand micro-nutrients. Yet, when it comes to discussing diets, we typically consider calories to be the central drivers of hunger and obesity, disregarding other factors. The threat that climate change poses to agricultural productivity and food security around the world, especially in the tropics and sub-tropics, is also usually analysed only in terms...

Fertilizing Growth: Agricultural Inputs

This paper uses cross-country panel data to estimate the agronomic inputs that lead to cereal yield improvements and the consequences for countries' processes of structural change. The results suggest a clear role for fertilizer, modern seeds and water in boosting yields. It then estimates empirical links in developing economies between increased agricultural yields and economic growth; in part...

Fertilizing or contaminating?

-Nitroheterocycles have been shown to inhibit the incorporation of 3H-TdR by cultured L-929 cells, and the degree ofinhibition is related to their electronaffinity. On the basis of their chemical reactivity and potential clinical utility, nitrofurazone, misonidazole and metronidazole were selected for more detailed studies of the mechanism of inhibition of DNA synthesis. Double-isotope labellin...

Common weeds as a cause of perirenal edema in swine.