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 ...
Would adding nitrogen fertilizer fix this problem and result in higher ... but will stay in the soil and become part of the mobile pool of soil nitrogen going into the fall,” Nafziger said.
Legumes benefit from the symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria under nitrogen-limiting conditions. The bacteria enter the plant through root hairs and trigger the formation of nodules in which ...