Benefits and limits of biological nitrification inhibitors for plant nitrogen uptake and the environment

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 15027 - 13
• Main Authors: Kuppe, Christian W., Postma, Johannes A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.07.2024; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/449; 631/449/1870; 631/449/711; 704/158/1745; Ammonium; Ammonium Compounds - metabolism; Bacteria; Bacteriostats; BNI exudation; Environmental effects; Environmental impact; Fertilizers; Humanities and Social Sciences; Inhibitors; multidisciplinary; N leaching; Nitrates; Nitrates - metabolism; Nitrification; Nitrogen; Nitrogen - metabolism; NUE; Plant growth; Plant Roots - metabolism; Plants - metabolism; Pollution control; Population decline; Population growth; Rhizosphere; Rhizosphere model; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sensitivity analysis; Soil - chemistry; Soil Microbiology; Rhizosphere model; Bacteria; N leaching; BNI exudation; NUE

Plant growth and high yields are secured by intensive use of nitrogen (N) fertilizer, which, however, pollutes the environment, especially when N is in the form of nitrate. Ammonium is oxidized to nitrate by nitrifiers, but roots can release biological nitrification inhibitors (BNIs). Under what con...