Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Plant Science

Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism

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Abstract editorial illustration accompanying the article: A wheat gene variant raises nitrogen efficiency and grain yield

A wheat gene variant raises nitrogen efficiency and grain yield

Researchers identified a wheat allele that improves nitrogen use efficiency and increases grain yield. The finding could give breeders a route to develop wheat varieties that use fertilizer nitrogen more effectively, although the study does not establish how much fertilizer farmers could save.

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