Austria: The bigger the better in soybean production

It is important to reduce the amount of phosphorus-containing fertilizers in soybean production. Soy occupies a particularly important place in the food supply of the population, as its sown area in 2019 in the world covered 121 million hectares, writes agroxxi.ru, news portal. Therefore, it is extremely important to increase the average yield of soybeans and at the same time minimize the amount of phosphorus-containing fertilizers used for its cultivation. In Austria, researchers at the University of Natural and Life Sciences conducted pot experiments with 15 soybean varieties, where the amount of phosphorus that could be taken up from the soil was different. The concentration of phosphorus in soybean grains has been shown to be around 7.5 grams per gram, which is 2.5 times and 1.5 times the amount found in rice and bean grains, respectively. This means that the phosphorus content in the grains may be sufficient for the proper development of the soybean plant, ...