Published in Nature · View the paper (DOI)
Researchers at UC Davis and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory discovered a gene network that enables plant roots to efficiently take up and metabolize nitrogen. This breakthrough could lead to the development of crop varieties that need less fertilizer or make better use of it, reducing environmental impacts.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Gene network lets plant roots handle nitrogen University of California - Davis · Oct 24, 2018 · first to report
- New regulators of nitrogen use in plants identified Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · Oct 24, 2018