Science losing its way: examples from the realm of microbial N2-fixation in cereals and other non-legumes
K.E. Giller; Euan K. James; Julie Ardley; M. Unkovich · 2024 · Plant and Soil
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Abstract
Abstract Background Despite more than 50 years of research, no robust evidence suggests that inoculation of cereals and other non-legumes with free-living and/or endophytic bacteria leads to fixation of agronomically significant quantities of dinitrogen gas (N 2 ) from the atmosphere. A plethora of new products claims to increase the growth and yields of major cereals and other crops through stimulating N 2 -fixation by inoculating with bacteria. Scope We review the literature on N 2 -fixation by bacteria in the rhizosphere and as endophytes in non-legume plants. We find no unequivocal evidenc
Abstract by K.E. Giller; Euan K. James; Julie Ardley; M. Unkovich, Plant and Soil (2024) — licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1007/s11104-024-07001-1