The Green Revolution of the 1960s improved crop yields in part through the widespread
cultivation of semidwarf plant varieties, which resist lodging but require a high-nitrogen (N) …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most important crops in the world. Since the completion of
rice reference genome sequences, tremendous progress has been achieved in …

Complex biological processes such as plant growth and development are often under the
control of transcription factors that regulate the expression of large sets of genes and …

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 …

Over-application of nitrogen fertilizer in fields has had a negative impact on both
environment and human health. Domesticated rice varieties with high nitrogen use efficiency …

Low availability of nitrogen (N) is often a major limiting factor to crop yield in most nutrient-
poor soils. Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are beneficial symbionts of most land plants …

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a staple food crop consumed by more than 30% of world
population. Nitrogen (N) fertilizer has been applied broadly in agriculture practice to improve …

The efficiency with which plants use nutrients to create biomass and/or grain is determined
by the interaction of environmental and plant intrinsic factors. The major macronutrients …

The indispensable role of nitrogen fertilizer in ensuring world food security together with the
severe threats it poses to the ecosystem makes the usage of nitrogen fertilizer a major …

Nitrogen (N) is a macronutrient that boosts carbon (C) metabolism and plant growth leading
to biomass accumulation. The molecular connection between nitrogen utilization efficiency …