Nitrogen Content / Nitrogen Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en Car Fumes, Weeds Pose Double Whammy for Fire-Loving Native Plants /climate/news/car-fumes-weeds-pose-double-whammy-fire-loving-native-plants A ºÙºÙÊÓƵ study found that wildflowers that usually flourish after a fire were replaced by invasive plants in places where nitrogen from vehicle emissions were high. February 15, 2024 - 9:00am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/car-fumes-weeds-pose-double-whammy-fire-loving-native-plants Growing Cereal Crops With Less Fertilizer /food/news/growing-rice-with-less-fertilizer ºÙºÙÊÓƵ researchers have found a way to reduce the amount of nitrogen fertilizer needed to grow cereals such as rice, wheat and corn. August 05, 2022 - 9:47am Amy M Quinton /food/news/growing-rice-with-less-fertilizer Balancing Protein in Your Diet Could Improve Water Quality /climate/news/balancing-protein-your-diet-could-improve-water-quality Balancing how much protein you eat with the amount your body needs could reduce nitrogen releases to aquatic systems in the U.S., study says. July 07, 2022 - 9:00am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/balancing-protein-your-diet-could-improve-water-quality Fertilizer Feast and Famine /food/news/fertilizer-feast-and-famine <p>Research led by the University of California, Davis identifies five strategies to tackle the two-sided challenge of a lack of fertilizer in some emerging market economies and inefficient use of fertilizer in developed countries. The study examined solutions to the global nitrogen problem.</p> August 05, 2019 - 11:00am Amy M Quinton /food/news/fertilizer-feast-and-famine Gene Network Lets Plant Roots Handle Nitrogen /news/gene-network-lets-plant-roots-handle-nitrogen <p>With robotics, computers and advanced genetics, researchers at the University of California, Davis, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have established a core set of genes that help plants metabolize nitrogen, the key to plant growth and crop yield. They published their findings Oct. 24 in the journal&nbsp;<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0656-3"><em>Nature</em></a>.&nbsp;</p> October 24, 2018 - 9:45am Andy Fell /news/gene-network-lets-plant-roots-handle-nitrogen Can We Grow One of the World's Largest Food Crops Without Fertilizer? /food/news/can-we-grow-one-worlds-largest-food-crops-without-fertilizer Read how ºÙºÙÊÓƵ researchers found a special kind of corn in Mexico that can absorb nitrogen from the air, reducing fertilizer use and improving crop yields. August 07, 2018 - 3:04pm Kelley Chu /food/news/can-we-grow-one-worlds-largest-food-crops-without-fertilizer Study Finds Indigenous Mexican Variety of Corn Captures the Nitrogen It Needs From the Air /news/study-finds-indigenous-mexican-corn-captures-nitrogen Researchers from ºÙºÙÊÓƵ, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Mars, Incorporated have found that an indigenous variety of corn can "fix nitrogen" from the atmosphere, instead of requiring synthetic fertilizers. If this trait could be bred into conventional varieties of corn, it may reduce the need for added fertilizer. August 07, 2018 - 11:01am Amy M Quinton /news/study-finds-indigenous-mexican-corn-captures-nitrogen New Source of Global Nitrogen Discovered /news/new-source-global-nitrogen-discovered <p>Not all of the nitrogen on the planet comes from the atmosphere, according to a ºÙºÙÊÓƵ study in the journal <em>Science. </em>Up&nbsp;to&nbsp;a quarter comes from Earth’s bedrock.&nbsp;The discovery could greatly improve climate change projections.&nbsp;</p> April 05, 2018 - 4:25pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/new-source-global-nitrogen-discovered Smog-Forming Soils /news/smog-forming-soils <p>A previously unrecognized source of nitrogen oxide is contributing up to about 40 percent of the NOx emissions in California, according to a study led by the University of California, Davis. The study traces the emissions to fertilized soils in the Central Valley region.</p> January 31, 2018 - 12:26pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/smog-forming-soils California Nitrogen Assessment Shows the State of the Science on Nitrogen Use and Pollution /news/first-state-level-nitrogen-assessment-shows-state-science-nitrogen-use-and-pollution <p>The California Nitrogen Assessment,&nbsp;a new report from the UC Daivs Agricultural Sustainability Institute,&nbsp;presents a big picture of the scale and impacts of nitrogen in the state.</p> August 09, 2016 - 2:26pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/first-state-level-nitrogen-assessment-shows-state-science-nitrogen-use-and-pollution