This study found that bean inoculation with Rhizobium alone or in combination with P application, can increase grain yield of ...

Life on Earth has always depended on nitrogen. As a building block of proteins and DNA, nitrogen is essential to all living ...

Living organisms need nitrogen as a central building block for protein formation, for example. However, although our ...

Nitrogen is essential for all life on Earth. In the global oceans, however, this element is scarce, and nitrogen availability ...

Some bacteria found in marine waters can convert nitrogen gas (N2) to ammonia (known as N2 fixation), and thereby supply the marine food web with nitrogen. It has puzzled scientists for years ...

For a long time, scientists believed that early life on Earth struggled due to a lack of usable nitrogen. This new discovery ...

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is a leguminous plant that can form a symbiotic relationship with rhizobia in the soil. Rhizobia convert nitrogen in ...

A novel nitrogen-fixing bacterial seed treatment could prove especially beneficial this spring in pulse crops with lower ...

Coale’s proteomic studies revealed that UCYN-A acquired its proteins from B. bigelowii for essential functions like amino acid and pyrimidine biosynthesis and for nitrogen fixation. “Seeing flavodoxin ...

Using a mathematical model, an international team of researchers has been able to show that heterotrophic bacteria inside sinking particles can fix nitrogen in nearly every part of the global ocean.

AsRon Calhoun, Senior Portfolio Manager for Plant Nutrition at Nutrien Ag Solutions, explains with its three modes of action—N-Finity is elevating how Loveland Products can further nutrient use ...

Barron's graduate research examined interactions between plants, soils and the atmosphere. In particular, he focused on the patterns and controls of nitrogen fixation in Panamanian tropical ...