Researchers from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a new environmentally ...

A microscopic enzyme could be the key to helping nitrogen fertilizers stick better to the soil and prevent runoff that causes ...

Potatoes are the third-most consumed food worldwide and a delicious snack. But modern farm potatoes require large amounts of nitrogen in the form of nitrate fertilizers, which are costly and can ...

2. Carbon dioxide gas exchange - Role of light in photosynthetic CO2 fixation and respiration in C3 and C4 plants (2 weeks). 3. Nitrate reductase activity in plants - Effects of nitrate availability ...

However, there is a competing nitrate reduction process, dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA), that conserves N within the ecosystem. The recent application of nitrogen stable isotopes ...

The gene MADS27, which regulates nitrate absorption, root development and stress tolerance, is activated by the micro-RNA, miR444, therefore offers a way to control these properties of the plant.