Carbon footprint of synthetic nitrogen under staple crops: A first cradle-to-grave analysis.

More than half of the world's population is nourished by crops fertilized with synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilizers. However, N fertilization is a major source of anthropogenic emissions, augmenting the carbon footprint (CF). To date, no global quantification of the CF induced by N fertilization of the main grain crops has been performed, and quantifications at the national scale have neglected the CO assimilated by plants.

Optimizing maize yields using growth stimulants under the strategy of replacing chemicals with biological fertilizers.

Partial replacement of chemicals with biological fertilizers is a recommended strategy to reduce the adverse environmental effects of chemical fertilizer losses. Enhancing the reduced mineral with biological fertilizers strategy by foliar application of humic acid (HA) and amino acids (AA) can reduce environmental hazards, while improving maize (.) production under semiarid conditions.

Maintaining higher grain production with less reactive nitrogen losses in China: A meta-analysis study.

Managing reactive nitrogen (Nr) in agricultural production is crucial for addressing the triple challenges of food security, climate change and environmental degradation. Intensive work has been conducted to investigate the effects of mitigation strategies on reducing Nr losses by ammonia emission (Nr-NH), nitrous oxide emission (Nr-NO) and nitrate leaching (Nr-NO) separately. This meta-analysis evaluated the efficiency of each strategy in mitigating Nr losses coupled with grain yield responses.

Zinc-biochemical co-fertilization improves rice performance and reduces nutrient surplus under semi-arid environmental conditions.

Biofertilizers are a promising approach to substantially improve nutrient recovery and crop production. Moreover, zinc (Zn) deficiency is one of the key abiotic factors limiting global rice production. However, the effect of Zn-biochemical co-fertilization on rice production and nutrients recovery and surplus under semi-arid environmental conditions is not fully obvious.

Physio-Biochemical and Agronomic Responses of Faba Beans to Exogenously Applied Nano-Silicon Under Drought Stress Conditions.

Nano-silicon application is an efficient novel approach to mitigate the deleterious impacts of drought stress on field crops, which is expected to increase owing to climate change, especially in arid regions. Two-season field studies investigated the influence of foliar-applied nano-silicon (0.5, 1, and 1.