Nutrients without the negatives ...

Under the lead of the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) the influence of parasitic fungi on the ...

Heat-resilient biofertilizers could help crops cope with rising temperatures but engineering them has been slow and uncertain ...

The marine nitrogen cycle is crucial to sustaining ocean productivity, with biological nitrogen fixation representing a primary mechanism by which inert atmospheric nitrogen is converted into ...

Bacteria are only the only organisms that are able to 'fix' nitrogen, or remove it from the atmosphere and convert it into a useful form. While some plants seem to fix nitrogen, it is actually ...

Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plant growth, but the overuse of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers in agriculture is not sustainable. In a review article publishing in the journal Trends in ...

A tiny protein tweak may unlock nitrogen-fixing super-crops that slash global fertilizer demand. Scientists discovered a small protein region that determines whether plants reject or welcome ...

A light microscopy image shows the marine haptophyte algae Braarudosphaera bigelowii with a black arrow pointing to the nitroplast organelle. Credit: Tyler Coale A light microscopy image shows the ...

Synthetic nitrogen fertilizers underpin modern crop yields but carry a steep environmental price. Their industrial production consumes vast amounts of fossil fuel and contributes significantly to ...

UC Davis scientists have developed wheat plants that can stimulate the production of their own fertilizer. (Getty) Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have developed wheat plants that ...

Nitrogen shortage limits young tropical forest growth, slowing carbon capture that could help fight climate change.