Sentences with phrase «symbiotic nitrogen fixation»

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Under the tutelage of geneticist Frederick Ausubel, Ruvkun earned a Ph.D. in microbial genetics in 1982 by figuring out how to knock out nitrogen - fixation genes in Rhizobium meliloti, a bacterium that has a symbiotic relationship with alfalfa.

Investigators hope their research will improve the efficiency of nitrogen fixation, make establishment of the symbiosis more reliable under different growing conditions, and extend the host range of nitrogen - fixing symbiotic relationships.

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).

Grain legumes provide an unparalleled solution to this problem because of their inherent capacity for symbiotic atmos - pheric nitrogen fixation, which provides economically sustainable advantages for farming.

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.»