Nutrient dilution and the future of herbivore populations

M Kaspari, EAR Welti - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2024 - cell.com
Nutrient dilution (ND)–the decrease in the concentration of nutritional elements in plant
tissue–arises from an increase in the mass of carbohydrates and/or a decrease in the 20+ …

Varietal responses to a soil amendment: Balancing cadmium mitigation and mineral biofortification in wheat production

X Wang, X Zhai, J Lian, L Cheng, M Wang… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The application of soil amendment (SA) and the cultivation of low Cd-accumulating varieties
have been a widely favored strategy to enable the safe utilization of Cd-contaminated arable …

Trace elements profiling of hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus var. typicus L.): A rational screening of the breeding lines for biofortification programs

S Debnath, S Saha, T Biswas, S Mal, K Batabyal… - South African Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Trace element malnutrition is a global malaise and remains a concern for humanity.
Hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus L.), an underutilized legume vegetable, could be a …

[HTML][HTML] You are what you eat

G Rundgren - resilience.org
In my series of articles about nitrogen in the food system, this article about the effect of
Nitrogen fertilizers on human health is the most challenging to write. Soils and human health …