Tightening the phosphorus cycle through phosphorus-efficient crop genotypes

WF Cong, LDB Suriyagoda, H Lambers - Trends in Plant Science, 2020 - cell.com
We are facing unprecedented phosphorus (P) challenges, namely P scarcity associated with
increasing food demand, and an oversupply of P fertilisers, resulting in eutrophication …

Phosphorus recovery and recycling with ecological engineering: A review

ED Roy - Ecological engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Phosphorus is essential to life on Earth and frequently limits the productivity of ecosystems,
including agroecosystems. Currently, a substantial portion of the global human population …

Global trends of cropland phosphorus use and sustainability challenges

T Zou, X Zhang, EA Davidson - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
To meet the growing food demand while addressing the multiple challenges of exacerbating
phosphorus (P) pollution and depleting P rock reserves,,,,,,,,,,,,,–, P use efficiency (PUE, the …

The global cropland-sparing potential of high-yield farming

C Folberth, N Khabarov, J Balkovič, R Skalský… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The global expansion of cropland exerts substantial pressure on natural ecosystems and is
expected to continue with population growth and affluent demand. Yet earlier studies …

Phosphorus for Sustainable Development Goal target of doubling smallholder productivity

C Langhans, AHW Beusen, JM Mogollón… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Phosphorus (P) is an essential nutrient for life. In many tropical countries, P-fixing soils and
very low historical P input limit uptake of P in crops and thus yields. This presents a serious …

[HTML][HTML] Transitions to sustainable management of phosphorus in Brazilian agriculture

PJA Withers, M Rodrigues, A Soltangheisi… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Brazil's large land base is important for global food security but its high dependency on
inorganic phosphorus (P) fertilizer for crop production (2.2 Tg rising up to 4.6 Tg in 2050) is …

Revealing soil legacy phosphorus to promote sustainable agriculture in Brazil

PS Pavinato, MR Cherubin, A Soltangheisi… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Exploiting native soil phosphorus (P) and the large reservoirs of residual P accumulated
over decades of cultivation, namely “legacy P”, has great potential to overcome the high …

Food system resilience to phosphorus shortages on a telecoupled planet

P Barbieri, GK MacDonald… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Agricultural trade and globalization pose new challenges for resource management and
governance. In particular, many countries are dependent on imports of non-renewable …

Use of compost and phosphate-solubilizing bacteria affect sugarcane mineral nutrition, phosphorus availability, and the soil bacterial community

GA Estrada-Bonilla, A Durrer, EJBN Cardoso - Applied Soil Ecology, 2021 - Elsevier
The appropriate utilization of phosphorus (P) for fertilization of sugarcane is critical to reduce
the economic costs and the environmental impact caused by traditional management …

Agricultural trade impacts global phosphorus use and partial productivity

Z Bai, L Liu, M Obersteiner, A Mosnier, X Chen, Z Yuan… - Nature Food, 2023 - nature.com
The spatio–temporal distribution, flow and end use of phosphorus (P) embedded in traded
agricultural products are poorly understood. Here we use global trade matrices to analyse …