The root microbiome refers to the community of microbes living in association with a plant's
roots, and includes mutualists, pathogens, and commensals. Here we focus on recent …

Sugars and nitrate play a major role in providing carbon and nitrogen in plants.
Understanding how plants sense these nutrients is crucial, most notably for crop …

Nitrogen-use efficiency of indica varieties of rice is superior to that of japonica varieties. We
apply 16S ribosomal RNA gene profiling to characterize root microbiota of 68 indica and 27 …

The rice cultivars carrying dep1 (denseanderectpanicle1) have the potential to achieve both
high grain yield and high nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). However, few studies have focused …

Grain protein concentration (GPC) is an important aspect of rice grain quality, which
contributes to nutritional intake requirements; however, high GPC may also reduce eating …

Nitrogen (N) is a primary nutrient for crop growth. In most agricultural areas, crop production
relies heavily on the supply of exogenous N fertilizers. Globally, a large amount of …

Nitrogen (N) is an essential macronutrient required for crop productivity, which is the limiting
resource in most of the agricultural soils. External application of nitrogen fertilizers is …

To optimize the nutrient management of upland rice production on tropical ferralsols, a
greenhouse experiment was established using the multi-nutrient omission approach. A …

Nitrogen (N) is an essential macronutrient that limits agricultural productivity; however,
excessive N fertilizers are still used, especially in China. Improving crop N use efficiency …

Maintaining seed yield under low N inputs is a major issue for breeding, which requires
thoroughly exploiting the genetic diversity of processes related to Nitrogen Use Efficiency …