Genetic engineering for enhanced biological nitrogen fixation in cereal crops

Nasim Ahmed; Muhammad Ishfaq; Ghazanfar Ali

doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.10.006

Genetic engineering for enhanced biological nitrogen fixation in cereal crops

Trends Biotechnol. 2023 Apr;41(4):473-475. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.10.006. Epub 2022 Nov 4.

Authors

Nasim Ahmed¹, Muhammad Ishfaq², Ghazanfar Ali³

Affiliations

¹ Agricultural Biotechnological Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), College of Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Faisalabad, Pakistan; Department of Biotechnology, The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan. Electronic address: nasimmughal2845@gmail.com.
² Department of Agronomy, The University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
³ Department of Biotechnology, The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan.

PMID: 36344382
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.10.006

Abstract

Enhancing biological nitrogen (N) fixation in cereal crops has been a long-sought objective. Recently, Yan et al. identified plant compounds that induce biofilm production of diazotrophic bacteria and then performed genetic engineering in order to improve nitrogen fixation in rice plants. These findings hold promise for sustainable agriculture.

Keywords: biological nitrogen fixation; cereal crops; genome editing; soil diazotrophic bacteria; sustainable agriculture.

MeSH terms

Agriculture
Crops, Agricultural / genetics
Edible Grain* / genetics
Genetic Engineering
Nitrogen
Nitrogen Fixation* / genetics

Substances

Nitrogen