ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2018
Nitrogen Fixation in Cereals.
Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 82 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- A Global Network Meta-Analysis of the Promotion of Crop Growth, Yield, and Quality by Bioeffectors.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Pooled it
- Isolation and Genetic Enhancement of Nitrogen-Fixing Rhizobacteria for Promoting Growth in Maize.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- The root rhizosphere as a functional analog to the gut microbiome: Cases for microbial symbiosis and dysbiosis in parallel contexts.PNAS nexus · 2026Review
- Reduced tillage and foliar application of Methylobacterium symbioticum synergistically improve yield and nutrient uptake in organic black barley.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Harnessing Nitrogen-Fixing and Phosphate-Mobilizing Bacteria for Sustainable Agriculture.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Nitrogen-Controlled Host Gatekeeping: Regulatory Chokepoints Across Four Windows for Diazotroph Access.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
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- Co-Inoculation of Non-Symbiotic Bacteria Bacillus and Paraburkholderia Can Improve the Soybean Yield, Nutrient Uptake, and Soil Parameters.Molecular biotechnology · 2025Article
- Genome-Driven Functional Validation ofMicroorganisms · 2025Article
- Cultivable and Non-Cultivable Approach to Bacteria from Undisturbed Soil with Plant Growth-Promoting Capacity.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Seed-Borne Endophytes and Their Host Effects.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Biochar mediated fixation of nitrogen compounds (ammonia and nitrite) in soil: a review.Biodegradation · 2025Review
- Optimizing nitrogen use efficiency in forest plantations: mechanistic insights fromForestry research · 2025Review
- Scripting a new dialogue between diazotrophs and crops.Trends in microbiology · 2024Review
- Perspectives on Genetically Engineered Microorganisms and Their Regulation in the United States.ACS synthetic biology · 2024Review
- Benzoic acid facilitates ANF in monocot crops by recruiting nitrogen-fixing Paraburkholderia.The ISME journal · 2024Article
- Evaluation of functional plant growth-promoting activities of culturable rhizobacteria associated to tunicate maize (Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- The Role of Glutamine Synthetase (GS) and Glutamate Synthase (GOGAT) in the Improvement of Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Cereals.Biomolecules · 2023Review
- Diurnal switches in diazotrophic lifestyle increase nitrogen contribution to cereals.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Symbiosis between cyanobacteria and plants: from molecular studies to agronomic applications.Journal of experimental botany · 2023Review
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Abstract
Cereals such as maize, rice, wheat and sorghum are the most important crops for human nutrition. Like other plants, cereals associate with diverse bacteria (including nitrogen-fixing bacteria called diazotrophs) and fungi. As large amounts of chemical fertilizers are used in cereals, it has always been desirable to promote biological nitrogen fixation in such crops. The quest for nitrogen fixation in cereals started long ago with the isolation of nitrogen-fixing bacteria from different plants. The sources of diazotrophs in cereals may be seeds, soils, and even irrigation water and diazotrophs have been found on roots or as endophytes. Recently, culture-independent molecular approaches have revealed that some rhizobia are found in cereal plants and that bacterial nitrogenase genes are expressed in plants. Since the levels of nitrogen-fixation attained with nitrogen-fixing bacteria in cereals are not high enough to support the plant's needs and never as good as those obtained with chemical fertilizers or with rhizobium in symbiosis with legumes, it has been the aim of different studies to increase nitrogen-fixation in cereals. In many cases, these efforts have not been successful. However, new diazotroph mutants with enhanced capabilities to excrete ammonium are being successfully used to promote plant growth as commensal bacteria. In addition, there are ambitious projects supported by different funding agencies that are trying to genetically modify maize and other cereals to enhance diazotroph colonization or to fix nitrogen or to form nodules with nitrogen-fixing symbiotic rhizobia.
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