A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take ...

For example, root exudates from legume plants (e.g., peas, clover, soybeans) serve as a signal to certain species of Rhizobium, which are nitrogen-fixing bacteria. This signal attracts the ...

By 2050, we will need to feed almost 1.8 billion more people, when our global population reaches around 10 billion.

"The research highlights how treatments that boost reactive nitrogen species might be good for fighting antibiotic-resistant bacteria, while treatments that mainly boost reactive oxygen species ...

such as nitrogen oxides (NO x) and ammonia NH 3), in excess can be harmful to nature and lead to the loss of plant species in ...

A new study appearing Nov. 16 in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution has concluded that the cycad species that survived relied on symbiotic bacteria in their roots, which provide them with nitrogen ...

In many areas they are the most common non-legume nitrogen fixers and are often the pioneer species in successional plant communities. Actinorhizal plants are found in many ecosystems including ...

A Gippsland dairy farm has cut nitrogen use by as much as 90 per cent through using multi-species swards.

If corn was ever jealous of soybean’s relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, advancements in gene editing could one day ...

More information: Athanasios Nikolaou et al, The ratio of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species determines the type of cell death that bacteria undergo, Microbiological Research (2024). DOI: 10. ...