Crops often receive beneficial nutrients such as phosphorus (P ... a source of organic matter to the soil. These crop residues contain forms of P that are not available for uptake by growing plants.

It’s another to understand how the many different systems within the soil work. “We need to understand what’s happening and why it’s happening, and then by what mechanism,” Aristilde says. Phosphorus ...

Soil organic matter is composed of soil microbes including bacteria and fungi ... the plant with often-limiting nutrients such as phosphorus. Decomposition of biomass by soil microbes results ...

“Phosphorus is adsorbed to soil particles or is taken up by plants, incorporated into animal tissues (from consuming plants), and is also incorporated into soil microorganisms,” said Arcand. The ...

A recent analysis of the chemicals released by leaf litter found that nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus could provide a ...