Nitrogen is often the most limiting nutrient in growing plants. When deficient, plant yields and quality are reduced. However ...

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 ...

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.

The dilution of plant and soil stable isotopic nitrogen ... pounds is supplied in case it is a year prone to nitrogen loss. Perhaps a nitrogen-fixing inoculant can reduce the need for those ...

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 ...

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 rate ...

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 ...

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 ...

A recent study from the University of Illinois shows that gene-edited bacteria can supply the equivalent of 35 pounds of nitrogen from the air during early corn growth, which may ...