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Nitrogen uptake, assimilation and remobilization in plants: challenges for sustainable and productive agriculture.
- Source :
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Annals of Botany . Jun2010, Vol. 105 Issue 7, p1141-1157. 17p. 4 Diagrams, 2 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Background: Productive agriculture needs a large amount of expensive nitrogenous fertilizers. Improving nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) of crop plants is thus of key importance. NUE definitions differ depending on whether plants are cultivated to produce biomass or grain yields. However, for most plant species, NUE mainly depends on how plants extract inorganic nitrogen from the soil, assimilate nitrate and ammonium, and recycle organic nitrogen. Efforts have been made to study the genetic basis as well as the biochemical and enzymatic mechanisms involved in nitrogen uptake, assimilation, and remobilization in crops and model plants. The detection of the limiting factors that could be manipulated to increase NUE is the major goal of such research. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03057364
- Volume :
- 105
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Annals of Botany
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 51648393
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcq028