TY - CHAP AU - Ivan dos Santos Pereira AU - Adilson Luis Bamberg AU - Carlos Augusto Posser Silveira AU - Luis Eduardo CorrĂȘa Antunes AU - RogĂ©rio Oliveira de Sousa ED - Everlon Cid Rigobelo ED - Ademar Pereira Serra Y1 - 2019-10-19 PY - 2019 T1 - Nitrogen Fertilization in Blackberry N2 - Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF), the process by which gaseous N2 is converted into ammonia (NH3) via the enzyme nitrogenase, is crucial for the availability of nitrogen (N) in the terrestrial ecosystem. Some bacteria have the remarkable capacity to fix atmospheric nitrogen to ammonia under ambient conditions, a reaction only mimicked on an industrial scale by a chemical process. This microbiological process converts atmospheric nitrogen into a plant-usable form, thus decreasing the need to use chemical fertilizers in crop production. Chapters in this volume cover different aspects of this fantastic phenomenon, including biofertilizer, organic nitrogen in agricultural systems, nitrogen fertilization for sustainable crop production, and others. This book is designed for researchers, students and general readers. BT - Nitrogen Fixation SP - Ch. 4 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.82409 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.82409 SN - 978-1-78984-649-2 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-26 ER -