One of the most natural ways to increase nitrogen in the soil is to nitrogen-fixing plants— members of the legume family, such as peas, beans, or cover crops (clover, vetch, and alfalfa).

While most vegetation types must extract most of their nutrients from fertile soil, mesquites and similar plants receive additional nitrogen from symbiotic bacteria, which enzymatically fix ...

Field trials on nitrogen-fixing microbes in corn have yet to show reliable benefits, but work continues on their potential of reducing corn's high demand for the nutrient.

I ncorporating nitrogen-fixing plants into your garden is a fantastic way to naturally enhance soil fertility and support the growth of your vegetables. These plants have the unique ability to ...

A UCO team has applied the genome editing technique, which garnered a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020, to unravel the ...

More information: Logan P. Woodward et al, Soil inoculation with nitrogen‐fixing bacteria to supplement maize fertilizer need, Agronomy Journal (2024). DOI: 10.1002/agj2.21729 ...

Soil organic matter breaking down faster also produces more of the type of nitrogen crops need to thrive, especially corn. Organic nitrogen converted into plant-feeding inorganic nitrogen at a ...

If we could use mutually beneficial relationships between plant roots and soil microbes to enhance ... so that it enhances partnerships with nitrogen fixing bacteria called rhizobia and arbuscular ...

Gene-Edited Soil Bacteria Could Provide Third Source of Nitrogen for Corn Production Jan. 16, 2025 — If corn was ever jealous of soybean's relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria ...

Nitrogen might be the king of yield ... “For the past five years or so, the number of soil samples coming back having tested low to very low for sulfate sulfur is consistently greater than ...