Advances in Crop Science and Technology
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Review Article

Urgency to Understand Nitrogen Metabolism in Organic Agriculture

ASPEE College of Horticulture and Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat, India

Corresponding Author:

Kirti Bardhan
ASPEE College of Horticulture and Forestry
Navsari Agricultural University
Navsari, Gujarat-396 450, India
Tel: +919429346837
E-mail: kirtivardhan@nau.in

Received date: May 25, 2016; Accepted date: August 17, 2016; Published date: August 19, 2016

Citation: Bardhan K, Dhiraji P. Patel (2016) Urgency to Understand Nitrogen Metabolism in Organic Agriculture. Adv Crop Sci Tech 4: 236. doi: 10.4172/2329-8863.1000236

Copyright: © 2016 Bardhan K. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

N fertilizers together with the development of high yielding varieties were major drivers of the enormous increase in crop productivity during the past 50 years. Despite increasing food production, application of higher nitrogen fertilizers in intensive agriculture also contributed in global warming. In context to environment there is increasing interest to breed crop varieties for organic agriculture. However, we know much about regulation of nitrogen metabolism in intensive agriculture as compared to organic agriculture. The current need and gaps in understanding of nitrogen metabolism in organic environment is discussed.

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