High levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide intensify climate change, but high carbon dioxide levels can also stimulate plant ...

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 ...

Yale University scientists may have cracked a part of the chemical code for one of the most basic, yet mysterious, processes in the natural world — nature’s ability to transform nitrogen from the air ...

Vol. 35, No. 3, Feeding 4 Billion People: The Challenge for Rice Research in the 21st Century (March 1995), pp. 363-372 (10 pages) Nitrogen supply is critical in attaining yield potential. Achieving ...

Nitrogen is a critical limiting element for plant growth and production. It is a major component of chlorophyll, the most important pigment needed for photosynthesis, as well as amino acids, the key ...

image: Scientists at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have analyzed the process of nitrogen fixation by cyanobacteria, creating a mathematical model which allows to understand the patterns they ...

Nitrogen is essential for all life on Earth. In the global oceans, however, this element is scarce, and nitrogen availability is therefore critical for the growth of marine life. Some bacteria found ...

NORFOLK, Va. — When most people think of lightning, they picture bright flashes in the sky or the rumble of thunder that follows. But lightning does more than put on a show during storms: it helps ...

Nitrogen assimilation of pea plants (Pisum sativum cv. Meteor) was studied in growth cabinets under a range of water, salt, and aeration regimes in the rooting medium. Treatments were imposed in the ...

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 ...

A field of nitrogen-fixing soybeans, Wisconsin 2005 (Photo by McBeth) PRINCETON, New Jersey, November 11, 2019 (ENS) – Scientists at three North American universities have discovered one of nature’s ...