Related Keywords: CAS, China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, cotton, fertilization, Taklimakan, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography
Researchers have devised a new method of efficient fertilization of cotton with lower nitrogen leaching in sandy soil in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
Fertilizers like nitrogen are necessary for the plant's growth, however the ease with which they leach into sandy soil through traditional flood irrigation methods results in low nitrogen uptake efficiency and cotton productivity.
