Manganese helps reduce agricultural nitrogen pollution in air, water

Nitrogen pollution is a serious concern for the agriculture industry. Agricultural fertilizers contain nitrogen, an essential ...
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Plants use their roots to measure manganese concentration available in the soil

Every living organism needs the element manganese as an essential nutrient. In plants, for example, it plays a major role in breaking down water into oxygen and hydrogen during photosynthesis. A team ...
Science Daily

From cell walls to photosynthesis: How does manganese get to where it needs to go in plants?

The protein BICAT3 is one of the most important manganese distributors in plants. If defective, this can have devastating effects on a plant's growth; its leaves grow significantly smaller and it ...
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Shreveport water plant not designed to process manganese

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — The water at the Shreveport Water and Treatment Plant is normally brown, the same color as Cross Lake until it’s filtered and treated with ozone. “We are working ...