2026 March - 33 articles
Mulberry (Morus alba L.) is a woody plant primarily cultivated for silkworm breeding, with significant economic and ecological functions. Its nitrogen use efficiency directly affects leaf yield, quality, and environmental adaptability. The main inorg...
Baby maize (Zea mays L.) is a high-value horticultural crop widely cultivated due to its short growth cycle and strong market demand. However, intensive production systems often rely heavily on chemical fertilizers, leading to reduced nutrient use ef...
Standing tile inlets are commonly used to drain unwanted surface water from croplands but can exacerbate pollution by facilitating the transport of nutrients to waterways. Blind inlets have increasingly been viewed as a beneficial alternative to stan...
Compost-based biostimulants (CBB) have emerged as a promising tool in sustainable agriculture, offering an eco-friendly approach to improving soil health, crop productivity, and environmental resilience. Derived from the controlled biodegradation of...
Nitrogen (N) management is a critical factor influencing growth and physiological performance of vanilla. However, quantitative information on N requirements for Vanilla × tahitensis remains limited. This study evaluated six N application rates...
Rhizosphere nitrogen-fixing bacteria play a critical role in sustainable crop production by enhancing nitrogen availability and improving soil fertility. This study aimed to isolate and characterize native rhizospheric nitrogen-fixing bacteria (NRNFB...
Ammoniacal nitrogen (NH3-N) is a major pollutant in municipal, industrial, and agricultural wastewaters and is a key driver of eutrophication and aquatic ecosystem degradation. This review paper assessed the potential of water hyacinth (Eichhornia cr...
Nitrogen (N) is a key macronutrient that influences the uptake and partitioning of other essential elements in plants. In this research, we evaluated the effect of different N concentrations in the nutrient solution (0, 4.2, 8.4, and 12.6 mg L−...
China has implemented extensive land restoration programs and now leads the world in artificial forest area. However, such plantations often face degradation, largely due to soil nutrient deficiency. In contrast, near-natural restoration tends to res...
Optimizing nitrogen fertilization and planting date is essential for improving forage maize productivity under semi-arid conditions. This study evaluated the effects of nitrogen application rates and planting dates on growth, forage yield, and qualit...
Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is crucial for enhancing soybean productivity while reducing reliance on mineral nitrogen fertilizers. The accurate estimation of BNF via the δ15N natural abundance method depends on reliable B-values, which r...
In recent years, dietary changes towards reducing animal-based proteins was recognized as a nitrogen pollution-mitigating strategy. This is because producing animal protein generates higher nitrogen emissions compared to its plant-based alternatives....
Mineral fertilization is crucial for maximizing wheat yield, ensuring optimal nitrogen and phosphorus supply according to plant development, pedoclimatic conditions, and previous crops, with a balanced N:P ratio being decisive for productivity. This...
Nitrogen leaching from land and farms is a major global issue that pollutes water, damages ecosystems, and accelerates climate change. This review synthesizes evidence from the literature on how interactions among landscape characteristics, sources o...
Estimating indigenous rhizobial populations is crucial for understanding soil rhizobia abundance, determining the potential need for inoculation, and evaluating the performance of introduced inoculant strains. However, in southern Ethiopia, informati...
The application of plasma-activated water and biostimulants offers a sustainable approach to supporting plant growth under reduced-nutrient conditions by supplying bioavailable nitrogen. This study investigated the growth and postharvest performance...
The Overseer model is widely used in New Zealand as a precision-agriculture-related tool for estimating nitrate (NO3−) leaching losses in agricultural systems. This study evaluated the accuracy of the Overseer model in predicting nitrate (NO3&m...
Water and nitrogen supply are key factors limiting the establishment of alpine plant seedlings and the efficiency of ecological restoration on the Tibetan Plateau. As an endemic shrub to Tibet, the morphological and physiological response mechanisms...
Estimating nitrogen (N) and the corresponding crude protein (CP) content in forage crops is essential for optimizing fertilization and livestock nutrition. However, standard methods such as the Dumas and Kjeldahl techniques are destructive, costly, a...
Recently, the EU approved RENURE-criteria materials to be used as substitutes for synthetic N fertilisers. Several studies have been performed on the agronomic efficacy and potential environmental impacts of different bio-based fertilisers (BBFs) fro...
Pasture-based ruminant systems link nitrogen (N) nutrition with ecosystem N cycling. Grazing ruminants convert fibrous forages into milk and meat but excrete 65 to 80% of ingested N, creating excreta hotspots that drive ammonia volatilization, nitrat...
Agronomic systems that can guarantee consistent and sufficient crop yields must be developed and implemented in order to address the problems presented by climate change, especially the increase in average annual temperatures and the unequal distribu...
The increasing demand for sustainable agriculture requires innovative strategies to enhance nitrogen use efficiency while minimizing environmental losses associated with conventional fertilizers. This study aimed to develop and compare ammonium chlor...
This study evaluated the effects of applying fecal sludge-based co-compost (CC) integrated with chemical fertilizers on soil nutrient status, organic carbon (OC) storage, and economic returns in paddy soils. Ten integrated nutrient management (INM) t...
Sustainable nitrogen (N) management is critical for enhancing wheat production in the water-limited environment of China’s Loess Plateau. This study investigated the effects of four N rates (0, 120, 180, and 240 kg N ha−1) and two sowing...
Nitrogen is the nutrient most required by plants and plays a central role in agricultural productivity due to its involvement in essential nutrients. This study evaluated the effects of different nitrogen sources on the physiological and morphologica...
Water deficit is a major constraint limiting the growth and yield of faba bean (Vicia faba L.). A pot experiment was conducted under controlled conditions to evaluate the effect of inoculation with Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae BIHB 1148 (strain...
Freshwater resources are on the verge of depletion due to the rapid increase in population, lifestyle changes, and especially during climate change in Iraq. Therefore, treating domestic wastewater correctly will significantly contribute to keeping th...
Sustainable fertilization strategies are increasingly required to enhance crop performance while reducing dependence on synthetic inaputs. In this study, the effectiveness of sea-derived organic amendments, Posidonia oceanica compost and mussel shell...
Burgeoning air pollution is a pressing public health concern. However, due to the scarcity and sparsity of ground-based monitoring, its impact remains uncertain. This work demonstrates how satellite-derived NO2 observations can identify persistent po...
The identification of forage species with Biological Nitrification Inhibition (BNI) capacity is a promising strategy to inhibit soil nitrification and reduce nitrogen (N) losses. This study evaluated the BNI capacity of five Urochloa genotypes (Camel...
N is the most crucial nutrient for plant growth and yield. Soybeans require a large amount of N for growth and seed production because of their high protein content. Soybean plants fix N2 by root nodules in association with soil bacteria, rhizobia, b...
Understanding how supplemental nitrogen (N) interacts with biological N2 fixation (BNF) in modern soybean cultivars is essential for designing fertilization strategies that avoid unnecessary N inputs. We investigated N partitioning among soil, fertil...
