Ebook: Biological nitrogen fixation
Author: Bruijn F. J. de
- Tags: Nitrogen--Fixation, Stickstofffixierung, Nitrogen -- Fixation
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Wiley Blackwell
- City: Hoboken;New Jersey
- Language: English
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Nitrogen is arguably the most important nutrient required by plants. However, the availability of nitrogen is limited in many soils and although the earth's atmosphere consists of 78.1% nitrogen gas (N2) plants are unable to use this form of nitrogen. To compensate, modern agriculture has been highly reliant on industrial nitrogen fertilizers to achieve maximum crop productivity. However, a great deal of fossil fuel is required for the production and delivery of nitrogen fertilizer. Moreover carbon dioxide (CO2) which is released during fossil fuel combustion contributes to the greenhou.