{"id":95,"date":"2025-10-20T15:49:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T15:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agritek.co.nz\/staging\/?page_id=95"},"modified":"2025-10-21T14:25:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:25:54","slug":"bio-sustain-nitrogen-for-plants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.agritek.co.nz\/staging\/resources\/bio-sustain-nitrogen-for-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio-Sustain Nitrogen For Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"95\" class=\"elementor elementor-95\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bfcf3d7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3bfcf3d7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45ea94ed e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"45ea94ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-755ac2d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"755ac2d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.agritek.co.nz\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Nitrogen-_cycle_AGRITEK.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2100\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.agritek.co.nz\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Nitrogen-_cycle_AGRITEK.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.agritek.co.nz\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Nitrogen-_cycle_AGRITEK-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-387c864d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"387c864d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-299ed68f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"299ed68f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>What is Nitrogen?<\/strong><\/h3><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 9\"><div class=\"section\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p>Nitrogen is an essential element for all forms of life and it is the most vital nutrient for plant growth and productivity. Nitrogen, which is needed for the synthesis of amino acids and proteins, is the most limiting nutrient for plants.<\/p><ul><li>Nitrogen makes up approximately 78% of the air we breathe<\/li><li>This process is called the Nitrogen Cycle<\/li><li>Nitrogen cannot be absorbed directly by plants<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fed73a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7fed73a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9666e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9666e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>How does the nitrogen cycle work?<\/strong><\/h3><p>Step 1- Nitrogen-Fixation- Special bacteria convert the nitrogen gas (N2 ) to ammonia (NH3) which the plants can use.<\/p><p>Step 2- Nitrification- Nitrification is the process which converts the ammonia into nitrite ions which the plants can take in as nutrients.<\/p><p>Step 3- Ammonification- After all of the living organisms have used the nitrogen, decomposer bacteria convert the nitrogen-rich waste compounds into simpler ones. Step4- Denitrification- Denitrification is the final step in which other bacteria convert the simple\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.agritek.co.nz\/bio-sustain-works\/\">nitrogen compounds<\/a>\u00a0back into nitrogen gas (N2 ), which is then released back into the atmosphere to begin the cycle again.<\/p><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 13\"><div class=\"section\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p><strong>The Need for Nitrogen<\/strong><\/p><p>Plants lacking sufficient nitrogen become yellow and stunted, with smaller than average flowers and fruits. Nitrogen is found naturally in organic matter, manures and other\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/agricultural-and-biological-sciences\/organic-fertilizer\">organic fertilizers<\/a>\u00a0Nitrogen is a key nutrient for plant growth. Four forms of nitrogen are used as fertilizer: Nitrate, Ammonia, Ammonium &amp; Urea<br \/>Urea is broken down by microbes in the soil to become ammonia<br \/>Ammonia is broken down into ammonium through mineralization<br \/>Ammonium is broken down into nitrite and then nitrate through nitrification<br \/>Nitrate is used by plants<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><p><strong>Bio-Sustain and Nitrogen Fixation:<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 8\"><div class=\"section\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p>Bio-Sustain contains a matrix of Nitrogen fixing beneficial microorganisms &amp; fungi including;<em>\u00a0Pseudomonas Fluorenscens, Nitrobacter, Nitrosomonas, Achrombacter, Aspergillus, Actinomycetes.<\/em><\/p><\/div><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 8\"><div class=\"section\"><div class=\"layoutArea\"><div class=\"column\"><p><strong>Nitrogen Fixing Microbes:<\/strong>\u00a0Conversion of atmospheric nitrogen in to ammonia NO3) and nitrate by microorganisms is known as biological nitrogen fixation.<br \/>Two groups of microorganisms are involved in the process;<\/p><p>A. Non-symbiotic (free living)\u00a0<em>Pseudomonas, Nitrobacter, Nitrosomonas, Achromobacter,\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p>B. Symbiotic (Associative),\u00a0<em>Azospirillum,\u00a0<\/em><i>Actinomycetes<\/i><\/p><p><em>Nitrosomonas<\/em>\u00a0bacteria first convert nitrogen gas (ammonia)\u00a0to nitrite (NO<sub>2<\/sub><sup>\u2013<\/sup>) and subsequently<\/p><p><em>Nitrobacter<\/em>\u00a0bacteria\u00a0convert nitrite to nitrate (NO<sub>3<\/sub><sup>\u2013<\/sup>), a plant nutrient.<\/p><p><em>Achromobacter<\/em>\u00a0bacteria produce Nitrogenase an enzyme responsibility for\u00a0fixing atmospheric nitrogen.<\/p><p>Plants absorb ammonium (NH4+) and nitrate (NO<sub>2<\/sub><sup>\u2013<\/sup>) during the assimilation process, after which they are converted into nitrogen-containing organic molecules, such as amino acids and DNA.<\/p><p><em>Pseudomonas;\u00a0<\/em>Denitrification is the reduction of nitrates back into nitrogen gas (N<sub>2<\/sub>), completing the nitrogen cycle<\/p><\/div><\/div><p><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p><p>Nitrogen in organic materials must first be decomposed by microorganisms before it can be used by plants. Mineralization is the process by which microbes break down organic matter and release ammonium nitrogen. Ammonium nitrogen, which can be used by plants, does not leach because it has a positive charge so it \u201csticks\u201d to negatively charged soil particles. If not taken up by plants, ammonium nitrogen will be further degraded by organisms to produce nitrate nitrogen, also available to plants, through the process called nitrification. Nitrate molecules are negatively charged. They will be repelled by negatively charged soil particles, and if not taken up by plants, will move easily with water through soil, potentially resulting in nitrates reaching groundwater.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Nitrogen? Nitrogen is an essential element for all forms of life and it is the most vital nutrient for plant growth and productivity. Nitrogen, which is needed for the synthesis of amino acids and proteins, is the most limiting nutrient for plants. Nitrogen makes up approximately 78% of the air we breathe This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":20,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-95","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agritek.co.nz\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agritek.co.nz\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agritek.co.nz\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agritek.co.nz\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agritek.co.nz\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.agritek.co.nz\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2940,"href":"https:\/\/www.agritek.co.nz\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions\/2940"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agritek.co.nz\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agritek.co.nz\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}