Aiming at big problems in ag, scientists in the lab of Eduardo Blumwald, in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, developed wheat that stimulates bacteria in the soil to produce fertilizer. It would save farmers billions of dollars, slash water and air pollution and help people in developing countries.
UC Davis researchers, led by Eduardo Blumwald, discovered a way to reduce nitrogen fertilizer use in cereal crops like rice by enhancing natural nitrogen fixation. This could save farmers billions and reduce environmental harm.
A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Davis, suggests that photorespiration wastes little energy and instead enhances nitrate assimilation, the process that converts nitrate absorbed from the soil into protein.
