The exchange of nutrients between placenta and fetus involves three major mechanisms: (1) direct placental transfer of nutrients from the maternal to the fetal plasma, (2) placental metabolism and consumption of nutrients, (3) placental metabolism of nutrient substrates to alternate substrate forms. Additionally, placental size, architecture, developmental and pathological processes, and intera...

Rising levels of atmospheric CO2 are thought to increase C sinks in terrestrial ecosystems. The potential of these sinks to mitigate CO2 emissions, however, may be constrained by nutrients. By using metaanalysis, we found that elevated CO2 only causes accumulation of soil C when N is added at rates well above typical atmospheric N inputs. Similarly, elevated CO2 only enhances N2 fixation, the m...

The present investigation entitled, “Effect of major nutrients (N:P:K) on Plant growth and Flower yield Jasmine (Jasminum auriculatum)” was under taken in the Department Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University Agriculture, Technology Sciences, Prayagraj (Allahabad) during 2021-2022. experiment layout Randomized Block Design (RBD) with 09 treatments each treatment...

Plant-based foods offer an array of nutrients that are essential for human nutrition and promote good health. However, the major staple crops of the world are often deficient in some of these nutrients. Traditional agricultural approaches can marginally enhance the nutritional value of some foods, but the advances in molecular biology are rapidly being exploited to engineer crops with enhanced ...

Nutrient leaching from agricultural soils presents an economic loss for farmers and can degrade the quality of surrounding environment. Thus, leachates 18 in situ wick lysimeters, installed at 40 cm soil depth vineyard hilltop, backslope, footslope intra- inter-row area (SUPREHILL Critical Zone Observatory, Croatia) were collected monthly over two years analyzed major plant nutrient ions. Our o...