nitrogen fixation
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004437
The biological or chemical process by which elemental nitrogen from the air is converted to organic or available nitrogen.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-004437 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Fields of Study |
| Synonyms | diazotrophy; dinitrogen fixation |
| References | US Environmental Protection Agency; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary |
| See also | biochemical pathways; soil biochemistry; leghemoglobin; nitrogen-fixing trees; nitrogen-fixing bacteria; actinorhizae; acetylene reduction; anaerobic ammonium oxidation; soil organic nitrogen; nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria; grain nitrogen content; plant nitrogen content; nitrogen |
| Translations | Spanish: fijación del nitrógeno |
Record as JSON
{
"id": "MLC-T-AGR-004437",
"term": "nitrogen fixation",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "The biological or chemical process by which elemental nitrogen from the air is converted to organic or available nitrogen.",
"synonyms": [
"diazotrophy",
"dinitrogen fixation"
],
"subject": "Fields of Study",
"see_also": [
"biochemical pathways",
"soil biochemistry",
"leghemoglobin",
"nitrogen-fixing trees",
"nitrogen-fixing bacteria",
"actinorhizae",
"acetylene reduction",
"anaerobic ammonium oxidation",
"soil organic nitrogen",
"nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria",
"grain nitrogen content",
"plant nitrogen content",
"nitrogen"
],
"references": [
"US Environmental Protection Agency",
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "fijación del nitrógeno"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/nitrogen-fixation/"
}
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