Nitrogen Genes Are Key Better Crop Yields (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Nitrogen Genes Are Key Better Crop Yields

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Nitrogen metabolism is vitally important to plants. The Arabidopsis plant on right was grown in low-nitrogen conditions, meaning it had to grow longer roots to find more nitrogen. Researchers at UC Davis and the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have now identified a complex of genes involved in harvesting and processing nitrogen in plants.

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Allison Gaudinier, UC Davis

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