{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["15(1)"],"submitter":["Carroll OH"],"pubmed_abstract":["Implementing precision fertilization to maximize crop yield while minimizing economic and environmental impacts has become critical for agriculture. Variability in biomass response to fertilization within fields, among regions, and over time creates simultaneous risks of under-yielding and overfertilization. We quantify factors determining fertilization responsiveness (i.e., biomass increases with fertilization) up to 15 years in 61 unfertilized rangelands on six continents. We demonstrate widespread multi-year variability in responsiveness, with fertilization increasing average yield by 43% but failing to improve biomass 26% of the time. All sites were responsive at least once, but only four of 61 responded in all plots and years. Modelled management scenarios highlighted that fertilizer "],"journal":["Scientific reports"],"pagination":["14564"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12032013"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Frequent failure of nutrients to increase plant biomass supports the need for precision fertilization in agriculture."],"pmcid":["PMC12032013"],"pubmed_authors":["Arnillas CA","Venterink HO","Wheeler G","Ren Z","Seabloom EW","Blumenthal DM","DuPre ME","Virtanen R","Yahdjian L","Harpole WS","Hersh-Green E","Wardle GM","Estrada C","Fraser EDG","Borer ET","Kadoya T","Fay PA","Liang M","Caldeira M","Chen Q","Donohue I","Waring EF","Hagenah N","Hautier Y","Bakker JD","Lannes L","Carroll OH","Campbell MM","Price JN","Jonsdottir IS","Eskelinen A","Sonnier G","Dickman CR","Power SA","Risch AC","MacDougall AS","Wilfahrt P","Peri P","Veen GF","Catford J","Bugalho MN","Boughton E","Komatsu K"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Frequent failure of nutrients to increase plant biomass supports the need for precision fertilization in agriculture.","description":"Implementing precision fertilization to maximize crop yield while minimizing economic and environmental impacts has become critical for agriculture. Variability in biomass response to fertilization within fields, among regions, and over time creates simultaneous risks of under-yielding and overfertilization. We quantify factors determining fertilization responsiveness (i.e., biomass increases with fertilization) up to 15 years in 61 unfertilized rangelands on six continents. We demonstrate widespread multi-year variability in responsiveness, with fertilization increasing average yield by 43% but failing to improve biomass 26% of the time. All sites were responsive at least once, but only four of 61 responded in all plots and years. Modelled management scenarios highlighted that fertilizer ","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Apr","modification":"2025-07-01T03:05:38.922Z","creation":"2025-07-01T03:05:38.922Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12032013","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40281087"],"doi":["10.1038/s41598-025-99071-z"]}}