Working in the Viral Informatics and Ecology Lab, Toth will focus on bacteriophages, or bacteria viruses, that attack specific nitrogen-fixing bacteria and learn more about the phenome to genome ...

Soil inoculation with nitrogen‐fixing bacteria to supplement maize fertilizer need. Agronomy Journal , 2024; 117 (1) DOI: 10.1002/agj2.21729 Cite This Page : ...

(Read "The Next Green Revolution" in National Geographic magazine.) Nitrogen-fixing bacteria (shown here in a soybean root) are able to convert nitrogen from the air into a form that plants can use.

If corn was ever jealous of soybean's relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, advancements in gene editing could one day level the playing field. A recent study from the University of Illinois ...

"Its mutualistic relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria increases the supply of the nutrient to its roots in exchange for ...

A major component of this research is the use of artificial intelligence and genetic engineering to enhance the capabilities of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. “AI tools are incredibly helpful for ...

Agritech giant Bayer, for instance, has a partnership with synthetic biology company Ginkgo Bioworks to develop more efficient nitrogen-fixing strains of bacteria. Another is Massachusetts-based ...

That’s important because oxygen interferes with the bacteria’s fixing of nitrogen from the air—in legumes, the nodules keep the oxygen out. The team landed on a biofilm-boosting compound ...

Research into bacteria strains that are both competitive and efficient in nitrogen fixation and developing plants with those characteristics is the goal of NDSU research started in October 2024.