Article: New findings from China Agricultural University describe advances in botany.(Report)

"Symbiotic nitrogen fixation is commonly inhibited by N fertilization in intensive farming systems. We hypothesized that intercropping alleviates the inhibitory effect of N fertilization on nodulation and N-2 fixation of legumes," scientists writing in the journal Plant and Soil report.

"Two years of field experiments (2006-2007) with different N-fertilizer rates (0, 75, 150, 225, 300 kg N ha(-1)) were carried out to test the hypothesis in a faba bean (Vicia faba L.)/maize (Zea mays L.) intercropping system in the north-western part of China. The results show that both the nodule biomass and nitrogen derived from the atmosphere (Ndfa) in intercropped faba bean ...

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