If corn was ever jealous of soybean's relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, advancements in gene editing could one day ...

Pivot Bio researchers have now engineered gene-edited diazotrophs which continue to perform BNF even at high levels of nitrogen, maximizing direct delivery of nitrogen directly to crops.

Harnessing proprietary gene-editing technology, Pivot Bio's PROVEN® 40 transforms naturally occurring soil bacteria into efficient nitrogen-fixing factories for corn plants. These innovative ...

If corn ever felt envious of soybeans’ relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, advancements in gene editing might one day level the playing field. Researchers at the University of Illinois ...

Findings are the first, peer-reviewed evidence of gene-edited microbes supplying a material proportion of corn farmers' nitrogen in commercial production BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 13, 2024 /CNW ...

With robotics, computers and advanced genetics, researchers are unraveling how plant roots take up and metabolize nitrogen, the key to plant growth and crop yield. With robotics, computers and ...

The United States is the world's leading producer of corn. This major cash crop requires large amounts of nitrogen to grow, but much of the fertilizer fed to corn is not taken up or used. Corn's ...

The major source of nitrogen for all living organisms is atmospheric dinitrogen, which is fixed mainly by microorganisms that have an ability to reduce dinitrogen to ammonium ions by a nitrogenase ...

Gene-edited soil bacteria could provide third source of nitrogen for corn production Date: January 16, 2025 Source: University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental ...

Brady’s team and colleagues at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have discovered the network of genes that allow plant roots to take up and process nitrogen. The information could help in ...

With robotics, computers and advanced genetics, researchers at the University of California, Davis and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory are unraveling how plant roots take up and metabolize nitrogen ...