The regulation of the biological fixation of nitrogen in hydric stress conditions varies with the different species of legume plants studied. This was the conclusion of Ruben Ladrera Fernández in his ...

Nitrogen-fixing cereals? California researchers grew wheat that fixed its own nitrogen, but commercialized seed production is ...

The real botanical champions of nitrogen fixation are plants that house bacteria in subterranean nodules produced by their roots. The function of these nodules was initially discovered in the bean ...

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Nitrogen is vital for all known life. Yet most nitrogen on Earth is in the atmosphere as di-nitrogen gas, which many organisms can’t use. Fortunately, there are microbes that can tap into this ...

Crop yields have increased substantially over the past decades, occurring alongside the increasing use of nitrogen fertilizer. While nitrogen fertilizer benefits crop growth, it has negative effects ...

Fertilizer prices, supply chain snafus and a desire for more flexibility have farmers looking at a variety of different options to fuel their corn crops. Those factors are opening the door for the use ...

A new research initiative led by associate professor of bacteriology Betül Kaçar is positioned to transform agriculture and address some of the world’s most pressing ecological and economic challenges ...

Biological nitrogen (N₂) fixation performed by diazotrophs (N₂ fixing bacteria) is thought to be one of the main sources of plant available N in pristine ecosystems like arctic tundra. However, direct ...

Nitrogen fixation in boreal forests is vital for sustaining ecosystem productivity in environments where soil nitrogen is limited. Moss-cyanobacteria associations, commonly found in species such as ...

Ancient cycad lineages that survived the extinction of the dinosaurs may have done so by relying on symbiotic bacteria in their roots to fix atmospheric nitrogen. The finding came from an effort to ...

By Ruth Kamnitzer Regenerating tropical forests pull carbon dioxide from the air, but a lack of nitrogen in the soil could ...