Sentences with phrase «as nitrogen fixation»

Stroud argues that the moss - bacteria symbiosis may be as important for global nutrient cycles as the nitrogen fixation of legumes and their root nodule microbes (ScienceNOW, 5 September 2003).

Some, however, plow through the night, converting nitrogen from the air into usable nutrients — a process known as nitrogen fixation.

Not exact matches

New research shows that as taller shrubs expand into the tundra, nutrients in their leaf litter will either promote or reduce the nitrogen fixation, depending upon which shrub species that will dominate.

The feat of introducing nitrogen fixation into corn and sorghum — or other genes that allow a crop to require less nitrogen — alone would cut costs and pollution markedly as well as drive higher yields.

Here, the presence of certain traits, such as the C4 photosynthesis pathway or nitrogen fixation, made a bigger difference to the plots» overall health than the number of species.

Key climate - relevant biogeochemical processes such as calcification, primary production and nitrogen fixation are investigated using a large array of techniques, ranging from molecular tools to physiological and ecological approaches.

Pulse crops such as lentils are also environmentally sustainable in that they participate in nitrogen fixation through a symbiotic relationship with Rhizobium soil bacteria, which improves nutritional quality and yield of subsequent crops when used as a rotation crop (Migliozzi et al., 2015).

It needs to be replaced with natural leguminous nitrogen fixation or the expanded population will find itself trying to live on one third of present agricultural productivity as oil production passes its peak.

Furthermore, those yields will increase without the addition of soil N fertilizer, as the results of this study clearly show that it was a CO2 - induced stimulation of nitrogen - fixation by symbiotic bacteria that provided the nitrogen necessary to increase seed yields.»