Biological nitrogen fixation and prospects for ecological intensification in cereal-based crop** systems

JK Ladha, MB Peoples, PM Reddy, JC Biswas… - Field Crops …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The demand for nitrogen (N) for crop production increased rapidly from the middle of the
twentieth century and is predicted to at least double by 2050 to satisfy the on-going …

Contribution, utilization, and improvement of legumes-driven biological nitrogen fixation in agricultural systems

E Kebede - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Legumes improve soil fertility through the symbiotic association with microorganisms, such
as rhizobia, which fix the atmospheric nitrogen and make nitrogen available to the host and …

Quantification of global and national nitrogen budgets for crop production

X Zhang, T Zou, L Lassaletta, ND Mueller, FN Tubiello… - Nature Food, 2021‏ - nature.com
Input–output estimates of nitrogen on cropland are essential for improving nitrogen
management and better understanding the global nitrogen cycle. Here, we compare 13 …

Intercrop** of grain legumes and cereals improves the use of soil N resources and reduces the requirement for synthetic fertilizer N: A global-scale analysis

ES Jensen, G Carlsson… - Agronomy for sustainable …, 2020‏ - Springer
Planetary boundaries for terrestrial inputs of reactive nitrogen (Nr) are transgressed and
reducing the input of new Nr and its environmental impacts are major global challenges …

Soil microbial resources for improving fertilizers efficiency in an integrated plant nutrient management system

A Bargaz, K Lyamlouli, M Chtouki, Y Zeroual… - Frontiers in …, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
Tomorrow's agriculture, challenged by increasing global demand for food, scarcity of arable
lands, and resources alongside multiple environment pressures, needs to be managed …

Current progress in nitrogen fixing plants and microbiome research

K Mahmud, S Makaju, R Ibrahim, A Missaoui - Plants, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
In agroecosystems, nitrogen is one of the major nutrients limiting plant growth. To meet the
increased nitrogen demand in agriculture, synthetic fertilizers have been used extensively in …

Nitrogen emissions along global livestock supply chains

A Uwizeye, IJM de Boer, CI Opio, RPO Schulte… - Nature Food, 2020‏ - nature.com
Global livestock supply chains have significantly altered nitrogen (N) flows over past years,
thereby threatening environmental and human health. Here, we provide a disaggregated …

Multiple benefits of legumes for agriculture sustainability: an overview

F Stagnari, A Maggio, A Galieni, M Pisante - Chemical and Biological …, 2017‏ - Springer
Food security, lowering the risk of climate change and meeting the increasing demand for
energy will increasingly be critical challenges in the years to come. Producing sustainably is …

[HTML][HTML] Are legumes different? Origins and consequences of evolving nitrogen fixing symbioses

U Mathesius - Journal of Plant Physiology, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Nitrogen fixing symbioses between plants and bacteria are ancient and, while not
numerous, are formed in diverse lineages of plants ranging from microalgae to …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple crop** systems of the world and the potential for increasing crop** intensity

K Waha, JP Dietrich, FT Portmann, S Siebert… - Global Environmental …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Multiple crop**, defined as harvesting more than once a year, is a widespread land
management strategy in tropical and subtropical agriculture. It is a way of intensifying …