Decoding Plant Phosphorus Nutrition

The world is running out of Phosphorus. No Phosphorus? No Food.

But Michigan State University Researcher Hatem Rouached and his team are finding ways to help plants thrive where phosphorus isn’t present.

In this video:
Find out why Phosphorus is so important for the world.
What the problems are in using phosphorus filled fertilizer.
What researchers have discovered to help solve the problem.

Want more? Check out Dr. Rouached’s research website:
https://rouachedlab.weebly.com/

The research project shown: “Dissection of the mechanisms integrating phosphate nutrition and plant growth involving the kinase ARSK1” is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant no. 2334561.

Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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Chapters
00:00 - World Phosphorus Crisis
01:00 - What is phosphorus?
01:30 - Problems with phosphorus reliance
03:18 - Research: plant gene modification
04:18 - Positive impacts

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