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🌾 A new Diane Beckles article discusses how wild emmer genes boost wheat's nitrogen efficiency, aiding yield under tough conditions.
#WheatResearch #SustainableAg #NitrogenUseEfficiency

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Nitrogen deficiency tolerance conferred by introgression of a QTL derived from wild emmer into bread wheat - Theoretical and Applied Genetics
Key message Genetic dissection of a QTL from wild emmer wheat, QGpc.huj.uh-5B.2, introgressed into bread wheat, identified candidate genes associated with tolerance to nitrogen deficiency, and potenti...
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December 2, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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NEW in Agricultural Systems
Optimizing agricultural intensification & cropping structures in China to reduce #nitrogen surplus
doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

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#soil #agriculture #NitrogenUseEfficiency #landuse #Fertilisers #Rice #wheat #maize #crops
March 17, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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It's always nice to see your paper finally 'in press'. Abstract in alt text, link in the reply post. #sorghum #NitrogenUseEfficiency #prussicAcid #cyanide
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor [L.] Moench) is an important forage crop that contains the cyanogenic glucoside dhurrin that releases hydrogen cyanide when tissue is damaged. The acyanogenic (dhurrin-free) sorghum line tcd1 was developed to eliminate the risk of cyanide poisoning from sorghum forage. However, dhurrin may also play a role in nitrogen accumulation and storage. We tested whether dhurrin offers the cyanogenic sorghum line BTx623 a growth advantage relative to tcd1, when nitrogen is limiting and variable. BTx623 and tcd1 were grown under two 42-day nitrogen treatments: high dose, low frequency (‘surge’) and low dose, high frequency (‘pulse’). BTx623 exhibited no growth advantage or disadvantage compared to tcd1 under either treatment. Young BTx623 plants had high concentrations of dhurrin for defence but rapidly recycled this during nitrogen deficiency under the surge treatment, demonstrating dhurrin’s role in both defence and nitrogen storage. At later stages, surge plants appeared to accumulate influxes of nitrogen in nitrate and amino acids but not dhurrin. There was evidence of gene expression promoting increased biosynthesis and reduced recycling of dhurrin following surge nitrogen applications but not pulse applications. These results deepen our understanding of dhurrin’s role in nitrogen metabolism and demonstrate tcd1’s potential as a safe forage.
April 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Yaping Lin et al. assessed the changes in soil #CarbonFractions, microbial biomass, enzyme activities, and microbial community composition, and investigate depth-specific responses of microbial #CarbonUseEfficiency and #NitrogenUseEfficiency.

#NitrogenDeposition

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Conceptual model of the effects of nitrogen (N) addition on microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) across soil depths.
July 12, 2026 at 1:28 PM
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#VegetableRes
GABA metabolism, driven by CsGS1, boosts low‑N tolerance in cucumber. A split‑root + 15N system reveals high‑NUE germplasm G47.
Details: https://maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/vegres-0026-0008
#Cucumber #NitrogenUseEfficiency
July 16, 2026 at 5:07 AM
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#FruitRes
MADS-box factor PpAGL24 boosts peach nitrogen use by promoting lateral roots & activating nitrite reductase PpNiR1. Key for efficient, low-input orchards.
Details: https://maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/frures-0025-0015
#Peach #NitrogenUseEfficiency
July 3, 2026 at 12:43 AM