#fertilization

[warandpeas]

CV

[biologist4ever]

[ridenwithbiden]

[economicsresearch]

pages 225 and 226 - has my life been productive?

No kids that I know of. No party I could say no to. Working just enough (see previous answer). Minimal responsibility for destruction of the rain forest (had a bit of a passion for açaí berries in the mid oughts I will admit). Tried to feel good. Tried to make others feel good.

But I don't remember starting any factories, so I guess the answer is no.

But I don't get it MAN.

This person is called screaming debbie by the way, because those orbs come screaming at you when you're playing the game orbs.

[jennifer-cole]

The look goddess is got when new on a site 😍

[lethimfertilise]

I reckon a proficient fertiliser trader should stay updated on commodity prices and trends. Wheat, soya, and corn are displayed on my second screen.

So, a few reflections on last week's corn fluctuations. This past Friday, corn at CBOT surpassed a psychologically significant level of $4.00 per bushel, concluding the week at $3.99 per bushel. This marks the first time since November 2020, and it's happened relatively fast: at the end of October 2022, corn cost $7.00 per bushel!

However, I'd like to highlight a couple of crucial points:

- $4 in 2022 doesn't carry the same purchasing power as $4 in 2020.

- Let's compare the prices of fertilisers now and in November 2020 (the first number corresponds to 2020):

NOLA UREA $224 vs $346

NOLA UAN $125 vs $257

NOLA DAP $351 vs $560

AG UREA $259 vs $380

EGYPT UREA $252 vs $400

Furthermore, consider the fact that the net position of funds in corn is showing the largest negative number in the past 12 years - 340,742 sales contracts.

It seems like there's little hope for corn price recovery, but fertiliser prices continue to hold steady. Nonetheless, one way or another, something ought to change. And in my personal opinion (which may be wrong, of course) - fertiliser price correction would happen rather soon this spring.

[bulkagrochemsblog]

ट्राईकोडर्मा विरिडी एक उच्च गुणवत्ता वाला जैविक एजेंट है। Tricoderma viride की तेजी से विकास होती है, और यह मिट्टी में पोषक तत्वों और ऑक्सीजन को जल्दी से उपयोग कर सकता है, जिससे पौधों की बीमारी के रहने का वातावरण बिगड़ जाता है और फफूंद को नष्ट कर्ता हेl

[wtfearth123]

A human egg glows with light when a sperm enzyme makes it release zinc atoms, which reveal how good the egg is at becoming an embryo. This means that life starts with a flash of light.

[androdconstruction]

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[poopsadaisies]

[biologist4ever]

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐲𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐈𝐧𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

 𝐓𝐡𝐞 d𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐟 s𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 f𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 d𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 f𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

[defilerwyrm]

Growth capitalism is a deranged fantasy for lunatics.

Year 1, your business makes a million dollars in profit. Great start!

Year 2, you make another million. Oh no! Your business is failing because you didn't make more than last year!

Okay, say year 2 you make $2 mil. Now you're profitable!

Then year 3 you make $3 mil. Oh no! Your business is failing! But wait, you made more money than last year right? Sure, but you didn't make ENOUGH more than last year so actually your business is actively tanking! Time to sell off shares and dismantle it for parts! You should have made $4 mil in profit to be profitable, you fool!

If you're not making more money every year by an ever-increasing exponent, the business is failing!

Absolute degenerate LUNACY

[economicsresearch]

page 226 - You wanna see productive. Check this out. All class A, even after cleaning, no Bs, Cs or Ds in the bunch.

All my IVF peeps out there know what I'm talking about!!!

Imagine reporting an increased use of your servers for cloud computing on your company's quarterly results call and acting like it's something to be proud of. As if you had created value by destroying forests to harvest minerals, and heated the earth to cool your compute. Imagine living in a system that labels something productive while it is hastening own demise and that of everyone unfortunate enough to live within it, adjacent to it, or on the same planet as it.

I guess what I'm saying is I want to have a baby.

[dropsofsciencenews]

Long-distance relationships don’t work for corals

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Corals, like all organisms with male and female gametes, need these to meet to form fertilized embryos and create new individuals. Being immobile, they cannot seek a partner but rely on evolutionary strategies that allow their gametes to move. In many species, including table coral Acropora hyacinthus, eggs and sperm are released into the water in a synchronized manner, using currents to meet and fertilize. However, this strategy can fail if corals are too far apart or if environmental factors, such as rising sea temperatures and heatwaves, disrupt the process.

A recent study conducted in Palau, Micronesia, in March 2024 analyzed how the distance between colonies of A. hyacinthus affects reproductive success. Researchers studied 210 colonies and used floating containers to collect gametes released during two consecutive nights. Twenty-six colonies were regularly monitored by divers, and approximately 200 eggs per colony were analyzed in the laboratory to calculate the proportion of fertilized embryos and assess potential damage.

The results showed that eggs were released shortly after high tide, with significant differences between the two deposition nights. During the first night, 74% of the colonies released eggs, but only 34% did so intensively; on the second night, 77% of the colonies released eggs, and nearly twice as many showed intense deposition. Furthermore, eggs behaved differently: on the first night, they split into two groups—one crossing the reef and the other remaining at the edges—while on the second night, they gathered into a single group and moved faster offshore.

When it comes to fertilization success, distance between colonies proved crucial. Colonies less than 1 meter apart had a fertilization rate of 30%, which dropped to 10% at 8–10 meters and plummeted to 1% beyond 15–20 meters. Additionally, closer colonies were better synchronized in their egg release, improving fertilization success. This shows that corals must be in close proximity to reproduce effectively. In isolated coral reefs, local reproductive failures cannot be compensated without greater connectivity between colonies. Restoration efforts, such as replenishing depleted populations or linking isolated colonies, can improve reproduction and protect these vital ecosystems.

See You Soon and Good Science!

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