Industrial agriculture relies, among other things, on the use of nitrogen fertilizers to maintain high crop yields. Although nitrogen is the most abundant element in the atmosphere, plants are not abl...
During the last decades, the application of nitrogen fertilizers (N) has been used to improve the yield of crops. However, plants only use a small proportion of them which leads to very negative impac...
Agriculture and food production must become more sustainable in a world facing an increasing, more affluent world population, climate change, and environmental degradation.
Nitrogen (N) is an essential nutrient for plant growth and production. For plant improvement, we need to identify and understand the mechanisms that plants have evolved to cope with N deficiency. Here...