http://ongoing-research.cgiar.org The CGIAR Research Map Fri, 17 May 2013 07:36:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ongoing-research.cgiar.org/factsheets/novel-strategies-to-enhance-nitrogen-use-efficiency-nue-in-rice/ http://ongoing-research.cgiar.org/factsheets/novel-strategies-to-enhance-nitrogen-use-efficiency-nue-in-rice/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 14:05:54 +0000 CIAT Corporate Communications http://ongoing-research.cgiar.org/?post_type=or_fact_sheet&p=1361 Nitrification, a key process in the global nitrogen cycle that generates nitrate through microbial activity, can lead to losses of fertilizer nitrogen by leaching and denitrification. In addition, nitrous oxide, a powerful greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming, is a by-product of denitrification. Certain plants can suppress soil nitrification by releasing inhibitors in root exudates, a phenomenon termed biological nitrification inhibition (BNI). The main objective of this BNI research is to identify contrasting rice genotypes and then to dissect genetic components (genes) associated with BNI.

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