Assessing the activity of different plant-derived molecules and potential biological nitrification inhibitors on a range of soil ammonia- and nitrite-oxidizing strains.

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Synthetic nitrification inhibitors are routinely used with nitrogen fertilizers to reduce nitrogen losses from agroecosystems, despite having drawbacks like poor efficiency, cost, and entry into the food chain. Plant-derived BNIs constitute a more environmentally conducive alternative. Knowledge on the activity of BNIs to soil nitrifiers is largely based on bioassays with a single Nitrosomonas europaea strain which does not constitute a dominant member of the community of ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms (AOM) in soil. We determined the activity of several plant-derived molecules reported as having activity, including the recently discovered maize-isolated BNI, zeanone, and its natural analog, 2-methoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone, on a range of ecologically relevant AOM a

SUBMITTER: Kolovou M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10686072 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature