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CNS significantly increased predicted assimilatory nitrate reduction.

Treatment: CNSe0
Outcome: assimilatory nitrate reductione0
Direction: increasede0

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“CNS significantly increased assimilatory nitrate reduction.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1868–1927

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Differential regulation of belowground rhizospheric ecosystem by biological and chemical nitrogen supplies: implications for maize yield enhancement mechanisms

B. Zhang; J. Nasar; S. Dong; et al. Plant Biology 2024. doi:10.1111/plb.13689

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Intervention effect BNF significantly increased maize yield and yield components relative to MM.
Intervention effect BNF and CNS did not differ significantly in total maize yield.
Intervention effect BNF significantly increased rhizosphere N by 12.61% relative to MM.
Intervention effect BNF significantly increased available N by 13.20% relative to MM.
Intervention effect BNF significantly increased the Shannon index by 1.90%.
Intervention effect CNS significantly increased the Chao1 index by 28.1%.
Intervention effect CNS significantly increased the ACE index by 29.49%.
Intervention effect CNS affected rhizosphere bacterial community structure more strongly than BNF.
Intervention effect BNF significantly increased the predicted N fixation pathway.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Salinity affected nitrate xylem flux more negatively than nitrate uptake and assimilatory reduction.

Taxon: cowpeaVigna unguiculatat0
Treatment: Salinitye0
Outcome: nitrate xylem fluxe0
Direction: more negativelye0
Comparator: nitrate uptake and nitrate assimilatory reductione0

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“Salinity affects more negatively the nitrate xylem flux, as compared with the nitrate uptake and nitrate assimilatory reduction in cowpea leaves.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1107–1252

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“cowpea”
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Title

Nitrate uptake, xylem NO3- flux, and nitrate assimilation in cowpea exposed to salinity

Rafael Magalhães Aragão; Joaquim Albenísio Gomes Silveira; Evandro Nascimento Silva; et al. Ciência Agronômica/Revista ciência agronômica 2010. doi:10.5935/1806-6690.20100014

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Intervention effect Salinity affected xylem sap flux and nitrate flux more intensely than transpiration.
Intervention effect NaCl strongly decreased nitrate uptake rate and leaf nitrate reductase activity under full sun and cloudiness.
Intervention effect Cloudiness reduced transpiration.
Intervention effect Cloudiness left xylem sap flux and nitrate flux unchanged.
Intervention effect Cloudiness affected nitrate uptake and nitrate reductase activity less than transpiration.
Intervention effect NaCl negatively affected nitrate accumulation in roots, stems and leaves.
Intervention effect Cloudiness affected leaf nitrate accumulation only.

Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Assimilatory sulfate reduction stops before carbon dioxide and nitrate assimilation in primary bean leaves.

Taxon: P. vulgaris L.Phaseolus vulgarise0
Organ / stage: primary leavese0
Outcome: assimilatory sulfate reductione0

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“assimilatory sulfate reduction in primary leaves of P. vulgaris L. stops before CO(2) and nitrate assimilation”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1337–1447

Title

Regulation of Sulfate Assimilation in Plants

D. Schmutz; Christian Brunold PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1982. doi:10.1104/pp.70.2.524

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultsignificant (as stated)measured

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Bacillus subtilis increased dissimilatory and assimilatory nitrate reduction metabolic abundance.

Taxon: sorghum-sudangrasst0
Treatment: BSe0
Interactor: Bacillus subtilisBacillus subtilise1other
Outcome: dissimilatory nitrate reduction, and assimilatory nitrate reductione0
Direction: increasede0

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“The BS and LBR groups increased the metabolic abundance of denitrification, dissimilatory nitrate reduction, and assimilatory nitrate reduction ( p < 0.05)”
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“sorghum-sudangrass”
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“Bacillus subtilis (BS)”
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Effect of exogenous microorganisms on the fermentation quality, nitrate degradation and bacterial community of sorghum-sudangrass silage

Meirong Zhao; Hongyu Zhang; Gang Pan; et al. Frontiers in Microbiology 2022. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.1052837

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Intervention effect Lactobacillus buchneri increased silage pH.
Intervention effect Lactobacillus buchneri increased silage acetic acid content.
Intervention effect Lactobacillus buchneri produced high-quality silage.
Intervention effect Lactobacillus brevis improved silage fermentation quality.
Intervention effect Bacillus subtilis improved silage fermentation quality.
Intervention effect Additives reduced nitrate content in sorghum-sudangrass silage.
Intervention effect Lactobacillus buchneri increased N 2 O release at 3–7 days.
Intervention effect Lactobacillus brevis increased N 2 O release at 1–40 days.
Intervention effect Bacillus subtilis increased N 2 O release at 1–40 days.
Observation Weisslla dominated all silages on day one.
Observation Lactobacillus dominated all silages after three days.
Association Acinetobacter abundance correlated negatively with nitrate degradation.
Association Serratia abundance correlated negatively with nitrate degradation.
Association Aquabacterium abundance correlated negatively with nitrate degradation.
Association Unclassified enterobacteriaceae correlated negatively with nitrate degradation.
Intervention effect Bacillus subtilis increased denitrification metabolic abundance.
Intervention effect Lactobacillus brevis increased denitrification metabolic abundance.
Intervention effect Lactobacillus brevis increased dissimilatory and assimilatory nitrate reduction metabolic abundance.
Mechanism The authors attribute quality maintenance and nitrate degradation to altered bacterial communities.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultsignificant (as stated)measured

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Lactobacillus brevis increased dissimilatory and assimilatory nitrate reduction metabolic abundance.

Taxon: sorghum-sudangrasst0
Treatment: LBRe0
Interactor: Lactobacillus brevisLevilactobacillus brevise1other
Outcome: dissimilatory nitrate reduction, and assimilatory nitrate reductione0
Direction: increasede0

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“The BS and LBR groups increased the metabolic abundance of denitrification, dissimilatory nitrate reduction, and assimilatory nitrate reduction ( p < 0.05)”
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“sorghum-sudangrass”
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“Lactobacillus brevis (LBR)”
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Effect of exogenous microorganisms on the fermentation quality, nitrate degradation and bacterial community of sorghum-sudangrass silage

Meirong Zhao; Hongyu Zhang; Gang Pan; et al. Frontiers in Microbiology 2022. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.1052837

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Intervention effect Lactobacillus buchneri increased silage pH.
Intervention effect Lactobacillus buchneri increased silage acetic acid content.
Intervention effect Lactobacillus buchneri produced high-quality silage.
Intervention effect Lactobacillus brevis improved silage fermentation quality.
Intervention effect Bacillus subtilis improved silage fermentation quality.
Intervention effect Additives reduced nitrate content in sorghum-sudangrass silage.
Intervention effect Lactobacillus buchneri increased N 2 O release at 3–7 days.
Intervention effect Lactobacillus brevis increased N 2 O release at 1–40 days.
Intervention effect Bacillus subtilis increased N 2 O release at 1–40 days.
Observation Weisslla dominated all silages on day one.
Observation Lactobacillus dominated all silages after three days.
Association Acinetobacter abundance correlated negatively with nitrate degradation.
Association Serratia abundance correlated negatively with nitrate degradation.
Association Aquabacterium abundance correlated negatively with nitrate degradation.
Association Unclassified enterobacteriaceae correlated negatively with nitrate degradation.
Intervention effect Bacillus subtilis increased denitrification metabolic abundance.
Intervention effect Lactobacillus brevis increased denitrification metabolic abundance.
Intervention effect Bacillus subtilis increased dissimilatory and assimilatory nitrate reduction metabolic abundance.
Mechanism The authors attribute quality maintenance and nitrate degradation to altered bacterial communities.

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Urea primarily stimulated assimilatory nitrate reduction, with upregulation of nasB, nasA, nasD and nirA.

Taxon: poplarPopulust0
Treatment: ureae5
Gene: nasB , nasA , nasD and nirAe5
Outcome: assimilatory nitrate reductione5
Direction: stimulatede5

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“root functions across root orders of poplar”
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“urea primarily stimulated assimilatory nitrate reduction (upregulating nasB , nasA , nasD and nirA genes)”
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Title

Using isotopic tracer to understand nitrogen use efficiency and root functions across root orders of poplar

Yimin You; Liran Wang; Muhammad Khalid; et al. Industrial Crops and Products 2025. doi:10.1016/j.indcrop.2025.121314

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N fixation and assimilatory nitrate reduction genes increased under M and MNPK.

Taxon: faba beanVicia fabae1
Treatment: M and MNPKe0
Outcome: N-fixation and assimilatory nitrate reduction genese0
Direction: increasede0

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“N-fixation and assimilatory nitrate reduction genes increased under M and MNPK”
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“faba bean (Vicia faba L.) yield”
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Title

Deciphering the Relationships Between Soil Enzymatic Activities and N- and P-Cycling Functional Genes Under Long-Term Fertilization

Dong Xue; Shumiao Jiang; Na Zhao; et al. Microorganisms 2025. doi:10.3390/microorganisms13122719

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Intervention effect Organic fertilizer improved soil organic matter and nutrients.
Intervention effect Organic fertilizer raised faba bean grain yield by 75.07–92.79% relative to NPK.
Intervention effect NPK gave limited soil nutrient benefits over nitrogen alone.
Intervention effect MNPK gave the highest urease and neutral protease activity.
Observation Acid and alkaline protease activities responded inconsistently to fertilization.
Intervention effect Organic inputs stimulated acid, neutral and alkaline phosphatases.
Intervention effect Nitrogen treatment enriched several other nitrogen cycling genes.
Intervention effect NPK, M and MNPK upregulated phosphate uptake and transport genes.
Intervention effect Inorganic phosphorus solubilization genes were highest under nitrogen treatment.
Association Soil enzyme activities and nutrient contents correlated positively with faba bean yield.
Association Acid and alkaline protease activities showed opposite correlation trends.
Association Nitrogen and phosphorus cycling genes had distinct coordinated relationships with fertility indicators and enzymes.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Root-zone fertilization tended to increase assimilatory nitrate reduction.

Taxon: winter oilseed rapeBrassica napuse1
Treatment: Root-zone nitrogen fertilizatione2
Outcome: assimilatory nitrate reductione0
Direction: increasede0
Qualifier: a tendency towarde0
Comparator: conventional fertilizatione3

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“a tendency toward increased assimilatory nitrate reduction”
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“winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.)”
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“Root-zone nitrogen fertilization (RZF)”
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“conventional fertilization (CF)”
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Root-Zone Nitrogen Fertilization Increases Oilseed Rape Yield: Reprogramming Rhizosphere N-Cycling and Strengthening Soil–Plant Coupling

Liang Cheng; Quanjie Shen; Yifan Wang Plants 2026. doi:10.3390/plants15081137

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Intervention effect Root-zone fertilization increased oilseed rape seed yield relative to conventional fertilization by 0.44 t ha−1.
Intervention effect Root-zone fertilization increased aboveground nitrogen uptake by 20.45 kg ha−1.
Intervention effect Root-zone fertilization enriched rhizosphere ammonium nitrogen by 54.50%.
Intervention effect Root-zone fertilization enriched rhizosphere nitrate nitrogen by 56.02%.
Intervention effect Root-zone fertilization enhanced rhizosphere nitrogen fixation potential.
Intervention effect Root-zone fertilization reduced rhizosphere nitrification and denitrification potential.
Observation Functional genes indicated greater potential for nitrogen retention and assimilation under root-zone fertilization.
Observation Functional genes indicated reduced potential for rhizosphere nitrogen losses.
Observation Bradyrhizobium was enriched under root-zone fertilization.
Observation Nitrifier taxa were suppressed under root-zone fertilization.
Association Rhizosphere pH had the strongest Mantel correlation with multiple nitrogen cycling modules.
Association Rhizosphere available nitrogen was positively associated with plant nitrogen traits and yield.
Mechanism A modeled functional balance index increased available nitrogen with a path coefficient of 0.22.
Mechanism Modeled available nitrogen promoted yield with a path coefficient of 0.90.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectnot significant (as stated)measured

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Sod-seeding patterns had no significant effect on genes for assimilatory nitrate reduction, denitrification or nitrification.

Taxon: peachPrunus persicat1
Treatment: Sod-seeding patternse2
Outcome: genes involved in assimilatory nitrate reduction, denitrification, or nitrificatione2
Direction: no_changeinferrede2

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“Peach Orchards”
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“Sod-seeding patterns had no significant effect on genes involved in assimilatory nitrate reduction, denitrification, or nitrification”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 866–999

Title

Effects of Different Sod-Seeding Patterns on Soil Properties, Nitrogen Cycle Genes, and N2O Mitigation in Peach Orchards

Zhuo Pang; Yufeng Li; Hengkang Xu; et al. Agronomy 2025. doi:10.3390/agronomy15122744

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Intervention effect All three sod-seeding patterns significantly reduced soil pH and bulk density compared with clean tillage.
Intervention effect Sod-seeding patterns increased soil electrical conductivity and mean aggregate size compared with clean tillage.
Intervention effect Sod-seeding patterns improved soil nutrient status compared with clean tillage.
Intervention effect The TPr pattern significantly enhanced soil enzyme activities related to carbon and nitrogen cycles.
Intervention effect Sod-seeding patterns significantly increased DNRA and nitrogen degradation gene abundances.
Intervention effect Sod-seeding patterns reduced abundances of N2O-producing genes amoA + amoB and nirS + nirK.
Intervention effect TPr reduced N2O emissions by 34.0% relative to clean tillage.
Intervention effect TPr reduced N2O emissions by 35.7% relative to the Pr pattern.
Intervention effect TPr reduced N2O emissions by 41.0% relative to the Tr pattern.
Mechanism Structural equation modeling indicates sod-seeding reduced N2O emissions mainly through lower soil NH4+-N and nirS + nirK abundance.
Observation TPr showed the best comprehensive benefits among the sod-seeding patterns in peach orchards.

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Potential nitrogen cycling was dominated by assimilatory and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium.

Taxon: Chinese Firt0
Outcome: Potential N cycling processese0

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“Potential N cycling processes were dominated by assimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium pathways.”
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“Chinese Fir”
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Title

Dynamic Changes of Rhizosphere Soil Microbiome and Functional Genes Involved in Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Chinese Fir Monoculture

Shuzhen Wang; Wenwen Chen; Qianqian Gao; et al. Forests 2022. doi:10.3390/f13111906

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