Fertilizers and nitrate pollution of surface and ground water: an increasingly pervasive global problem

E Craswell - SN Applied Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Nitrate pollution of ground and surface water bodies all over the world is generally linked
with continually increasing global fertilizer nitrogen (N) use. But after 1990, with more …

Nitrogen use efficiency—a key to enhance crop productivity under a changing climate

P Govindasamy, SK Muthusamy… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Nitrogen (N) is an essential element required for the growth and development of all plants.
On a global scale, N is agriculture's most widely used fertilizer nutrient. Studies have shown …

Nitrogen use efficiency definitions of today and tomorrow

KA Congreves, O Otchere, D Ferland… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Crop production has a large impact on the nitrogen (N) cycle, with consequences to climate,
environment, and public health. Designing better N management will require indicators that …

Nanoparticle charge and size control foliar delivery efficiency to plant cells and organelles

P Hu, J An, MM Faulkner, H Wu, Z Li, X Tian… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Fundamental and quantitative understanding of the interactions between nanoparticles and
plant leaves is crucial for advancing the field of nanoenabled agriculture. Herein, we …

Global needs for nitrogen fertilizer to improve wheat yield under climate change

P Martre, S Dueri, JR Guarin, F Ewert, H Webber… - Nature Plants, 2024 - nature.com
Increasing global food demand will require more food production without further exceeding
the planetary boundaries while simultaneously adapting to climate change. We used an …

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 …

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 …

Nitrogen transformations in modern agriculture and the role of biological nitrification inhibition

D Coskun, DT Britto, W Shi, HJ Kronzucker - Nature plants, 2017 - nature.com
The nitrogen (N)-use efficiency of agricultural plants is notoriously poor. Globally, about 50%
of the N fertilizer applied to crop** systems is not absorbed by plants, but lost to the …

Nitrogen fertilization. A review of the risks associated with the inefficiency of its use and policy responses

J Martínez-Dalmau, J Berbel, R Ordóñez-Fernández - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nitrogen (N) is a key input to food production. Nearly half of N fertilizer input is not used by
crops and is lost into the environment via emission of gases or by polluting water bodies. It is …

Quantitative synthesis on the ecosystem services of cover crops

S Daryanto, B Fu, L Wang, PA Jacinthe, W Zhao - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
The maintenance of soil health in agro-ecosystems is essential for sustaining agricultural
productivity. Through its positive impacts on various soil physical and biological processes …