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TY - JOUR
T1 - Nitrogen use efficiency : 1 : uptake of nitrogen from the soil.
AU - Lea, Peter J.
AU - Azevedo, Ricardo A.
PY - 2006/12
Y1 - 2006/12
N2 - The nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) of crop plants can be expressed very simply as the yield of nitrogen per unit of available nitrogen in the soil. This NUE can be divided into two processes: uptake efficiency, the ability of the plant to remove N from the soil normally present as nitrate or ammonium ions, and the utilisation efficiency, the ability of the plant to transfer the N to the grain, predominantly present as protein. In this article, we have highlighted the latest developments in the isolation and characterisation of the genes involved in the uptake of nitrogen from the soil.
AB - The nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) of crop plants can be expressed very simply as the yield of nitrogen per unit of available nitrogen in the soil. This NUE can be divided into two processes: uptake efficiency, the ability of the plant to remove N from the soil normally present as nitrate or ammonium ions, and the utilisation efficiency, the ability of the plant to transfer the N to the grain, predominantly present as protein. In this article, we have highlighted the latest developments in the isolation and characterisation of the genes involved in the uptake of nitrogen from the soil.
KW - Ammonium • crops • genes • nitrate • nitrogen use efficiency • plants • roots • transport • uptake
U2 - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2006.00101.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2006.00101.x
M3 - Journal article
VL - 149
SP - 243
EP - 247
JO - Annals of Applied Biology
JF - Annals of Applied Biology
SN - 0003-4746
IS - 3
ER -