%K AMO, ammonia mono-oxygenase, biological nitrification inhibition, BNI, BNI capacity, brachialactone, fatty acids, HAO, hydroxylamine oxidoreductase, high-nitrifying production systems,  low-nitrifying production systems, nitrification, Nitrosomonas, nitrate leaching, synthetic nitrification inhibitors, nitrous oxide emissions, sustainability
%A G V Subbarao
%A K L Sahrawat
%A K Nakahara
%A I M Rao
%A M Ishitani
%A C T Hash
%A M Kishii
%A D G Bonnett
%A W L Berry
%A J C Lata
%I Oxford University Press
%V 112
%L icrisat6666
%J Annals of Botany
%N 2
%P 297-316
%D 2013
%X Agriculture is the single largest geo-engineering initiative that humans have initiated on planet Earth, largely through the introduction of unprecedented amounts of reactive nitrogen (N) into ecosystems. A major portion of this reactive N applied as fertilizer leaks into the environment in massive amounts, with cascading negative effects on ecosystem health and function. Natural ecosystems utilize many of the multiple pathways in the N cycle to regulate N flow. In contrast, the massive amounts of N currently applied to agricultural systems cycle primarily through the nitrification pathway, a single inefficient route that channels much of this reactive N into the environment. This is largely due to the rapid nitrifying soil environment of present-day agricultural systems...
%T A paradigm shift towards low-nitrifying production systems: the role of biological nitrification inhibition (BNI)