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...

Nitrogen (N) is an important nutrient and signal for plant growth and development. However, to date, our knowledge of how plants sense and transduce the N signals is very limited. To better understand the molecular mechanisms of plant N responses, we took two-dimensional gel-based proteomic and phosphoproteomic approaches to profile the proteins with abundance and phosphorylation state changes ...

Nitrogen (N) is essential for proper plant growth and its application has proven to be critical for agricultural produce. However, for unavoidable economic and environmental problems associated with excessive use of N-fertilizers, it is an urgent demand to manage application of fertilizers. Improving the N-use efficiency (NUE) of crop plants to sustain productivity even at low N levels is the p...

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−...

Global crop yields are limited by water and nutrient availability. Soil mulching (with plastic or straw) reduces evaporation, modifies soil temperature and thereby affects crop yields. Reported effects of mulching are sometimes contradictory, likely due to differences in climatic conditions, soil characteristics, crop species, and also water and nitrogen (N) input levels. Here we report on a me...