Recent advances in electrocatalysts for efficient nitrate reduction to ammonia

D Liu, L Qiao, S Peng, H Bai, C Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ammonia as an irreplaceable chemical has been widely demanded to keep the sustainable
development of the modern society. However, its industrial production consumes huge …

The microbial nitrogen-cycling network

MMM Kuypers, HK Marchant, B Kartal - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
Nitrogen is an essential component of all living organisms and the main nutrient limiting life
on our planet. By far, the largest inventory of freely accessible nitrogen is atmospheric …

Development of electrocatalysts for efficient nitrogen reduction reaction under ambient condition

D Liu, M Chen, X Du, H Ai, KH Lo… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As one of the most important chemicals and an energy carrier, synthetic ammonia has been
widely studied to meet the increasing demand. Among various strategies, electrochemical …

Reduction of substrates by nitrogenases

LC Seefeldt, ZY Yang, DA Lukoyanov, DF Harris… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nitrogenase is the enzyme that catalyzes biological N2 reduction to NH3. This enzyme
achieves an impressive rate enhancement over the uncatalyzed reaction. Given the high …

Portraying mechanics of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR): a review

D Goswami, JN Thakker… - Cogent Food & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Population growth and increase in food requirement is the global problem. It is inevitable to
introduce new practices that help to increase agricultural productivity. Use of plant growth …

[HTML][HTML] Microbes-mediated sulphur cycling in soil: Impact on soil fertility, crop production and environmental sustainability

S Chaudhary, SS Sindhu, R Dhanker, A Kumari - Microbiological research, 2023 - Elsevier
Reduction in soil fertility and depletion of natural resources due to current intensive
agricultural practices along with climate changes are the major constraints for crop …

A review of the existing and alternative methods for greener nitrogen fixation

N Cherkasov, AO Ibhadon, P Fitzpatrick - Chemical Engineering and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into valuable substances such as fertilisers and fine
chemicals is essential for agriculture and many other processes that sustain life on the …

The Acetylene-Ethylene Assay for N2 Fixation: Laboratory and Field Evaluation

RWF Hardy, RD Holsten, EK Jackson… - Plant physiology, 1968 - academic.oup.com
The methodology, characteristics and application of the sensitive C2H2-C2H4 assay for N2
fixation by nitrogenase preparations and bacterial cultures in the laboratory and by legumes …

Azospirillum, a free-living nitrogen-fixing bacterium closely associated with grasses: genetic, biochemical and ecological aspects

O Steenhoudt, J Vanderleyden - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2000 - academic.oup.com
Azospirillum represents the best characterized genus of plant growth-promoting
rhizobacteria. Other free-living diazotrophs repeatedly detected in association with plant …

Physiological and molecular approaches to improve drought resistance in soybean

LP Manavalan, SK Guttikonda… - Plant and cell …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Drought stress is a major constraint to the production and yield stability of soybean [Glycine
max (L.) Merr.]. For developing high yielding varieties under drought conditions, the most …