A research road map for responsible use of agricultural nitrogen

M Udvardi, FE Below, MJ Castellano… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Nitrogen (N) is an essential but generally limiting nutrient for biological systems.
Development of the Haber-Bosch industrial process for ammonia synthesis helped to relieve …

Coupling soil water processes and the nitrogen cycle across spatial scales: Potentials, bottlenecks and solutions

Q Zhu, MJ Castellano, G Yang - Earth-science reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Interactions among soil water processes and the nitrogen (N) cycle govern biological
productivity and environmental outcomes in the earth's critical zone. Soil water influences …

Minerals in the rhizosphere: overlooked mediators of soil nitrogen availability to plants and microbes

A Jilling, M Keiluweit, AR Contosta, S Frey, J Schimel… - Biogeochemistry, 2018 - Springer
Despite decades of research progress, ecologists are still debating which pools and fluxes
provide nitrogen (N) to plants and soil microbes across different ecosystems …

The nitrogen gap in soil health concepts and fertility measurements

AS Grandy, AB Daly, TM Bowles, ACM Gaudin… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil nitrogen (N) often limits productivity in agroecosystems, prompting fertilizer applications
that increase crop yields but can degrade the environment. Nitrogen's dual role in both …

Rigorous, empirical, and quantitative: a proposed pipeline for soil health assessments

J Wade, SW Culman, CK Gasch, C Lazcano… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil health is a promising lens through which to approach land management, having the
potential to serve as a descriptor of biophysical processes and as an effective …

Ubiquity, diversity, and activity of comammox Nitrospira in agricultural soils

S Xu, B Wang, Y Li, D Jiang, Y Zhou, A Ding… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The recent discovery of complete ammonia oxidation (comammox) process in a single
organism challenged the division of labor between two functional groups in the classical two …

Nitrogen fertilizer suppresses mineralization of soil organic matter in maize agroecosystems

NK Mahal, WR Osterholz, FE Miguez… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The possibility that N fertilizer increases soil organic matter (SOM) mineralization and, as a
result, reduces SOM stocks has led to a great debate about the long-term sustainability of …

Long-term manuring enhances soil gross nitrogen mineralization and ammonium immobilization in subtropical area

J Wang, L Wu, Q Xiao, Y Huang, K Liu, Y Wu… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
Manure amendments have been generally considered to enhance soil nutrient supply, thus
improving soil fertility and crop productivity, especially in subtropical area. However, the …

Soil organic matter as catalyst of crop resource capture

AE King, GA Ali, AW Gillespie… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The positive effect of soil organic matter (SOM) on crop yield has historically been attributed
to the ability of SOM to supply crops with nitrogen and water. Whether management-induced …

Nitrogen fertilizer equivalence of black soldier fly frass fertilizer and synchrony of nitrogen mineralization for maize production

D Beesigamukama, B Mochoge, N Korir, MW Musyoka… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
The use of black soldier fly frass fertilizer (BSFFF) is being promoted globally. However,
information on nitrogen (N) fertilizer equivalence (NFE) value and synchrony of N …