Nitrogen (N) is essential for sustaining life on Earth and plays a vital role in plant growth thus agricultural production. The excessive use of N fertilizers not only harms the economy, but also environment. In context environmental impacts caused by agriculture, global maize improvement programs aim to develop cultivars with high N-use efficiency (NUE) reduce fertilizers. Since highly mobile ...

Technology-oriented approaches to reduce chemical fertilization in agroecosystems without influencing the vegetable yield is a proficient method for sustainable agriculture and environmental safety. However, short-term studies are not capable indicate effects of various inputs long run; therefore, six-year experiment was conducted Ningxia, China. The experimental units were: no fertilizer contr...

Nitrogen (N) availability and soil microbiota exert significant impacts on plant metabolic systems yield. Different studies have indicated that yield nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.R.Br.) can be improved by the inoculation N-fixing bacteria. However, interactive effects different N sources bacteria growth, productivity, NUE been less explored. Therefore, ind...

Supplying adequate nitrogen (N) to meet crop demand is critical for enhancing agricultural sustainability. Not only fertilizer N, but also N from other available sources should be considered in supply capacity. We conducted a 10-year farming experiment using split-plot design with two different main management approaches and three application strategies as add-on sub-treatments. Based on the ex...

Abstract Background Nitrogen- and water-use efficiency (NUE WUE) reflect the capacity of plants to take up utilize resources in environments. Although N deposition drought are known affect plant growth persistence, it remains elusive how adjust NUE, WUE their relationship adapt concurrent under context global change. We conducted a field experiment temperate grassland Inner Mongolia, which addi...

Genome-wide association study (GWAS) was performed for 16 agronomic traits including nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and yield-related components using a panel of 190 mainly japonica rice varieties set 38 390 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers. This evaluated under rainfed upland conditions in Madagascar two consecutive cropping seasons with contrasted input levels. Using another five g...

Abstract Optimising nitrogen (N) management improves soil fertility and reduces negative environmental impacts. Mineral N fertilizers are of key importance in intensive conventional farming (CF). In contrast, organic (OF) is highly dependent on closed nutrient cycles, biological fixation crop rotations. However, both systems need to minimise balances maximise nitrogen-use efficiency (NUE). NUE ...

Newly bred japonica/indica hybrid rice (JIHR) cultivars might produce more grain yield and have better nitrogen-use efficiency (NUE) under low N conditions. This study determined whether an improved root system in JIHR could benefit shoot growth, physiological processes, thereby NUE. Four cultivars, including two local high-yielding japonica (JHR) were field-grown application levels: 120 kg ha−...

Chemo-enzymatic synthesis of glycolyl-ester-linked taxol-glucose conjugate, ie, 7-glycolyltaxol 2″-O-α-D-glucoside, was achieved by using α-glucosidase as a biocatalyst. The water-solubility of 7-glycolyltaxol 2″-O-α-D-glucoside (21 μM) was 53 fold higher than that of taxol. The hepatitis B virus envelope L particles (bio-nanocapsules) are effective for delivering 7-glycolyltaxol 2″-O-α-D-gluco...