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).
Not exact matches
«It has been established that the nitrates, which is a form of
nitrogen, comes from
fixation of atmospheric diatomic
nitrogen in the atmosphere during meteorite impacts, which is consistent with the data that we obtained
through the SAM analyses, so this may be the main source of fixed
nitrogen on Mars,» says Javier Martín - Torres.
Some, however, plow
through the night, converting
nitrogen from the air into usable nutrients — a process known as
nitrogen fixation.
Legumes are protein - rich and would provide relief for the deficit; they also increase the amount of
nitrogen available to plants
through biological
nitrogen fixation, reducing the need for fertilisers.
Possible mechanisms include (iv) fertilization of phytoplankton growth in the Southern Ocean by increased deposition of iron - containing dust from the atmosphere after being carried by winds from colder, drier continental areas, and a subsequent redistribution of limiting nutrients; (v) an increase in the whole ocean nutrient content (e.g.,
through input of material exposed on shelves or
nitrogen fixation); and (vi) an increase in the ratio between carbon and other nutrients assimilated in organic material, resulting in a higher carbon export per unit of limiting nutrient exported.