ReviewBiological research2020
Fate of nitrogen in agriculture and environment: agronomic, eco-physiological and molecular approaches to improve nitrogen use efficiency.
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- Impact of pesticides on soil health: identification of key soil microbial indicators for ecotoxicological assessment strategies through meta-analysis.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2025Pooled it
- A Systematic Review on Effects of Nitrogen Fertilizer Levels on Cabbage (TheScientificWorldJournal · 2024Pooled it
- Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Wheat: Integrating Agronomic, Genomics, and Remote Sensing for Sustainable Production.Plant, cell & environment · 2026Review
- Hydrogel-Enabled Delivery Systems for Agricultural Resilience: Controlled Release, Soil Interactions and Performance Constraints: A Review.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Evaluation of the Azotofertil Biostimulant as a Nitrogen-Based Fertilization Strategy forPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Characterisation and expression profiles of the NPF gene family in Cannabis sativa L. under low nitrogen.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- The microecological mechanism of Cordyceps chanhua promoting soil nitrogen cycling.Environmental microbiome · 2026Article
- Poly-γ-glutamic acid with moderate nitrogen mitigates cadmium accumulation in pepper fruits.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Biochemical and agronomic responses of guar to nitrogen, Bradyrhizobium inoculation and deficit irrigation under arid and semi-arid conditions.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Nitrogen Immobilization in Organic Media: A Double-Edged Sword Affecting the Utilization of Green Waste as Growing Media.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- CryoEM Structures of Native Quinol-Dependent Nitric Oxide Reductase in Resting and Quinol-Bound States.ACS bio & med chem Au · 2026Article
- Isolation of N-Fixing Bacteria from Warm-Season Pasture Grasses and the Evaluation of Nitrogen Effects on the Bacterial Communities Present inMicroorganisms · 2026Article
- Progress and new questions in understanding the mechanisms controlling plant nitrogen responses.Plant biotechnology (Tokyo, Japan) · 2026Article
- Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals stress-response pathways as key drivers of nitrogen use efficiency in tobacco under low-nitrogen conditions.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Nitrogen Management in Crop-Soil-Environment Systems: Pathways Toward Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Agriculture.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Nitrogen Fertilization Optimizes the Physicochemical Properties of Cactus Mucilage and the Biopolymeric Films Produced.ACS omega · 2026Article
- Nitrogen Isotope Fractionation During Nitrate and Ammonium Uptake in Maize: Hydroponic Evidence and Implications for Ecological Investigations.Plant, cell & environment · 2026Article
- Effects of different types of acidic nitrogen-enriched biochar on spinach growth, nitrogen use efficiency, and chemical properties of calcareous sandy soil.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Microbial mechanisms of rhizosphere nitrogen cycling mediated by cotton root exudates under nitrogen reduction: roles of thiamine and L-lysine.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Nitrogen is the main limiting nutrient after carbon, hydrogen and oxygen for photosynthetic process, phyto-hormonal, proteomic changes and growth-development of plants to complete its lifecycle. Excessive and inefficient use of N fertilizer results in enhanced crop production costs and atmospheric pollution. Atmospheric nitrogen (71%) in the molecular form is not available for the plants. For world's sustainable food production and atmospheric benefits, there is an urgent need to up-grade nitrogen use efficiency in agricultural farming system. The nitrogen use efficiency is the product of nitrogen uptake efficiency and nitrogen utilization efficiency, it varies from 30.2 to 53.2%. Nitrogen losses are too high, due to excess amount, low plant population, poor application methods etc., which can go up to 70% of total available nitrogen. These losses can be minimized up to 15-30% by adopting improved agronomic approaches such as optimal dosage of nitrogen, application of N by using canopy sensors, maintaining plant population, drip fertigation and legume based intercropping. A few transgenic studies have shown improvement in nitrogen uptake and even increase in biomass. Nitrate reductase, nitrite reductase, glutamine synthetase, glutamine oxoglutarate aminotransferase and asparagine synthetase enzyme have a great role in nitrogen metabolism. However, further studies on carbon-nitrogen metabolism and molecular changes at omic levels are required by using "whole genome sequencing technology" to improve nitrogen use efficiency. This review focus on nitrogen use efficiency that is the major concern of modern days to save economic resources without sacrificing farm yield as well as safety of global environment, i.e. greenhouse gas emissions, ammonium volatilization and nitrate leaching.
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