Why scientists watched grass grow for 170 years
Why scientists watched grass grow for 170 yearsImage source, Rothamsted ResearchImage caption, Botanists and volunteers work on the experiment in HarpendenByDanny FullbrookBedfordshire, Hertfordshire and BuckinghamshirePublished9 minutes agoWatching grass grow may not sound like…
- ▪Why scientists watched grass grow for 170 yearsImage source, Rothamsted ResearchImage caption, Botanists and volunteers work on the experiment in HarpendenByDanny FullbrookBedfordshire, Hertfordshire and BuckinghamshirePublished9 minutes ag
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Why scientists watched grass grow for 170 yearsImage source, Rothamsted ResearchImage caption, Botanists and volunteers work on the experiment in HarpendenByDanny FullbrookBedfordshire, Hertfordshire and BuckinghamshirePublished9 minutes agoWatching grass grow may not sound like much fun, but scientists in Hertfordshire have been doing it for 170 years.Queen Victoria was on the throne when Rothamsted Research's founders, Sir John Bennet Lawes and Joseph Henry Gilbert, began studying a field near Harpenden to find out how fertilisers and manure affected hay yields.That field became the Park Grass Experiment, now the world's oldest experiment on permanent grassland.Covering just under three hectares, it is divided into various plots treated in different ways, so scientists can compare how…
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