Nitrogen (N) is a crucial nutrient that plays a significant role in enhancing crop yield. Its availability, including both supply and deficiency, serves as a crucial signal for plant development. However, excessive N use in agriculture leads to envir...
In most legume nodules, the di-nitrogen (N2)-fixing rhizobia are present as organelle-like structures inside their root host cells. Many processes operate and interact within the symbiotic relationship between plants and nodules, including nitrogen (...
Tea brewed from leaves of Camellia sinensis (L.) is one of the most popular worldwide non-alcoholic beverages, and nitrogen is an essential nutrient that affects the growth and development of the tea plant. Inorganic nitrogen and organic nitrogen are...
Wolfberry (Lycium barbarum L.) production in arid and semi-arid areas is drastically affected by the low utilization rate of soil and water resources and the irrational application of water and nitrogen fertilizers. Thus, this study explored a high-y...
A experiment was conducted at the Jiangxi Province Center Station of Irrigation Experiment from 2019 to 2021 to study the water and nitrogen balance under water and fertilizer regulation modes. The study aimed to propose a recommended mode for paddy...
The Yellow River (YR) has the highest suspended sediment concentration in the world, with its water and sediment exerting a significant influence on nutrient transport and transformation processes. The periodic regulation of water and sediment by the...
The increasing scarcity of water and soil resources, combined with inefficient water and fertilizer management, poses significant challenges to agriculture in arid regions. This study aimed to determine an optimal water and nitrogen regulation model...
Reservoirs are an important nitrogen sink as a result of their retention effect, but their retention performance may vary with hydrologic conditions with time-varying characteristics, which also change them from being a sink to source over time. This...
Scientific selection of appropriate herbage planting management mode is an important guarantee to promote artificial grassland development and grassland productivity. In this study, three-year-old alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and bromus inermis were...
Due to the problems of relatively fragile stability, the quality of soil in the drip-irrigated agricultural ecosystem has high spatial heterogeneity and experiences significant degradation. We conducted a two-year field plot study (2021–2022) i...
Potatoes require water and fertilizer management systems to optimize economic outcomes and fertilizer use, especially in arid areas such as Ningxia, China. In this study, three irrigation quotas (1200 (W1), 1650 (W2), and 2100 (W3) m3/hm2) and three...
Using p-phenylene diamine (PPD) as a modifier and nitrogen resource, nitrogen-doping reduced graphene oxide was prepared by one-step refluxing method. The influence of PPD-GO (graphene oxide) mass ratio X on surface functional groups, layer structure...
Increasing planting density is an effective strategy for enhancing maize (Zea mays L.) yield. However, high density often inhibits plant growth and dry matter accumulation. Synergistic nitrogen management and chemical regulation offer an effective ap...
River migration and anthropogenic controls on hydrological processes may play important roles in estuarine system transformations and nutrient diffusion. We used a two-dimensional shallow water equation hydrodynamic water quality model to simulate to...
Northern japonica rice holds a significant position in China’s food security. However, the traditional nitrogen fertilizer management model (nitrogen application rate > 225 kg/ha, base fertilizer proportion > 50%) has led to serious susta...
Potassium chlorate (KClO3) has been widely used to evaluate the divergence in nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) between indica and japonica rice subspecies. This study investigated the transcriptional regulation of major genes involved in the NUE in rice...
Apple tree productivity is influenced by the quantity of water and nutrients that are supplied during planting. To enhance resource utilization efficiency and optimize yields, a suitable strategy for supplying water and nitrogen must be established....
Nitrogen (N) application significantly increases tiller numbers and is accompanied by changes in endogenous hormone content. We treated seedlings of Festuca kirilowii—a perennial forage grass—with nitrogen, determined the endogenous hormo...
The specific mechanisms by which nitrogen affects nodulation and nitrogen fixation in leguminous crops are still unclear. To study the relationship between nitrogen, nodulation and nitrogen fixation in soybeans, dual-root soybean plants with unilater...
Nitrogen (N) is an extremely important macronutrient for plant growth and development. It is the main limiting factor in most agricultural production. However, it is well known that the nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) of rice gradually decreases with t...
Salt stress inhibited the growth of maize. B46 and NC236 were chosen as materials and NaCl concentrations (0, 55, 110, 165, and 220 mmol L−1) were set. We found the activities of SOD, POD, CAT, APX, GR, MDHAR, and DHAR decreased under NaCl stre...
Anthocyanins are important secondary metabolites in plants, which contribute to fruit color and nutritional value. Anthocyanins can be regulated by environmental factors such as light, low temperature, water conditions, and nutrition limitations. Nit...
Modified gibberellin (GA) signaling leads to semi-dwarfism with low nitrogen (N) use efficiency (NUE) in crops. An understanding of GA-mediated N uptake is essential for the development of crops with improved NUE. The function of GA in modulating N u...
Cereals and, especially, rice, maize, and wheat, are essential commodities, on which human nutrition is based. Expanding population and food demand have required higher production which has been achieved by increasing fertilization, and especially ni...
Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) is one of the most important oil crops in China. Improving the oil production of rapeseed is an important way to ensure the safety of edible oil in China. Oil production is an important index that reflects the quality of...
The need for effective nutrient management is crucial for optimizing wheat production and increasing the plant’s ability to tolerate different environmental stresses. In this study, we assessed the influence of new-generation PGRs and foliar to...
To address water scarcity and soil damage in the Hexi Oasis irrigation area of China, a study was conducted on regulating water and nitrogen levels for soybean growth under film drip irrigation over two growing seasons (2020 and 2021). Two irrigation...
The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling cascade is a widely existing signal transduction system in eukaryotes, and plays an important role in the signal transduction processes of plant cells in response to environmental stress. In this...
The indiscriminate use of nitrogenous fertilizers continues unabated for commercial crop production, resulting in air and water pollution. The development of rice varieties with enhanced nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) will require a thorough understan...
The annual nitrogen loss from the livestock production sector poses a significant threat to the global natural environment. Therefore, it is urgent to focus on improving the nutrient utilization efficiency of ruminants and promoting the sustainable d...
Aspergillus flavus is a renowned plant, animal and human pathogen. areA is a global nitrogen regulatory gene of the GATA transcription factor family, shown to be the major nitrogen regulator. In this study, we identified areA in A. flavus and studied...
Appropriate nitrogen is required and important in grain yield formation of crops. To elucidate nitrogen regulation of seed yield and quality of rapeseed (Brassica napus L.), field trials were consecutively conducted in two years with three nitrogen l...
Phosphorus (P) is an important nutrient affecting nodulation and nitrogen fixation in soybeans. To further investigate the relationship of phosphorus with soybean nodulation and nitrogen fixation, the seedling grafting technique was applied in this s...
Secondary development is a key biological characteristic of woody plants and the basis of wood formation. Exogenous nitrogen can affect the secondary growth of poplar, and some regulatory mechanisms have been found in the secondary xylem. However, th...
Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plant growth and basic metabolic processes. Root systems play an important role in the ability of plants to obtain nutrients from the soil, and are closely related to the growth and development of above-ground pl...
Nitrogen (N) fertilizers can promote soybean growth, nodulation, and nitrogen fixation to a certain extent. However, excessive nitrogen application inhibits the nitrogen fixation capacity of soybean nodules. In this study, three experimental material...
Water scarcity and poor soil fertility are major limiting factors constraining agricultural production in the arid and semi-arid regions of Northwest China. Water–nitrogen synergistic regulation is an important approach to improving crop growth...
Microbes, as important regulators of ecosystem processes, play essential roles in ecosystem recovery after disturbances. However, it is not clear how soil microbial communities and functions change and affect forest recovery after clear-cutting. Here...
The low water and fertiliser utilisation efficiency and soil quality degradation caused by high water and fertiliser inputs are the primary challenges facing goji berry cultivation in arid regions. A two-year field experiment was conducted from 2021...
Klebsiella sp. TN-10, a heterotrophic nitrifying bacterium, showed excellent nitrification ability under nitrogen stress. The strain was cultured under different nitrogen stress levels, including ammonium sulfate 0.5, 2.5, and 5 g/L, and samples were...
Microalgae of the genus Nannochloropsis are known for their ability to accumulate large amounts of lipids, particularly triacylglycerides (TAGs), when exposed to nitrogen-limiting conditions. This trait makes them promising candidates for biofuel pro...
Poplars have evolved various strategies to optimize acclimation responses to environmental conditions. However, how poplars balance growth and nitrogen deficiency remains to be elucidated. In the present study, changes in root development, carbon and...
The ability of the fungus to regulate metabolism on various nitrogen sources makes it survive and metabolize in different environments. The biomass and the β-glucan yield of Aureobasidium pullulans are closely associated with the nitrogen source...
Ecological stoichiometry offers critical insights into nutrient dynamics and soil–plant interactions in agroecosystems. To explore the effects of long-term fertilization on soil–cotton C, N, P stoichiometry and stoichiometric homeostasis...
Effective water and nitrogen management plays a pivotal role in enhancing crop yields while simultaneously reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This study differs from previous research by investigating the effects of water–nitrogen co-regulation...
RWP-RK is a plant-specific family of transcription factors, involved in nitrate response, gametogenesis, and nodulation. However, genome-wide characterization, phylogeny, and the regulation of RWP-RK genes in the nodulating and non-nodulating plant s...
The isolation and characterization of the lycopene ε-cyclase gene from the green microalga Chlorella (Chromochloris) zofingiensis (Czlcy-e) was performed. This gene is involved in the formation of the carotenoids α-carotene and lutein. Czlcy-e gene e...
The assimilatory pathway of the nitrogen cycle in the haloarchaeon Haloferax mediterranei has been well described and characterized in previous studies. However, the regulatory mechanisms involved in the gene expression of this pathway remain unknown...
Water and nitrogen are the key factors restricting the productivity improvement of onion in the Hexi Oasis. Unreasonable water and fertilizer management not only increases input costs, but also causes environmental pollution of farmland soil, thereby...
Improving nitrogen (N) assimilation efficiency without yield penalties is important to sustainable food security. The chemical regulation approach of N assimilation efficiency is still less explored. We previously found that the co-application of bra...
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