Claim · model-written summary
Water use efficiency for grain and biomass was higher, attributed to increased deep root density and hydraulic conductivity.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Outcome
- water use efficiency for grain and biomasse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Qualifier
- increased root density and root hydraulic conductivity in the deep soil layere0
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Verbatim
e0“The higher water use efficiency for grain and biomass was mainly attributed to the increased root density and root hydraulic conductivity in the deep soil layer”
t0“wheat”
Title
Jinhui Xie; Yuxuan Liu; Yang Liu; et al. Plant Stress 2025. doi:10.1016/j.stress.2025.101175
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- Intervention effect Combined nitrogen and melatonin increased wheat leaf photosynthetic rate, root vitality, and root hydraulic conductivity relative to drought stress.
- Intervention effect Under N2, melatonin enhanced four antioxidant enzyme activities.
- Intervention effect Under N2, melatonin enhanced proline and betaine content.
- Intervention effect The treatment improved antioxidant capacity and cell membrane stability.
- Intervention effect Under N2, M1 increased nitrate reductase, glutamine synthetase, and glutamate dehydrogenase activities.
- Intervention effect Under N2, M1 elevated free amino acids content.
- Intervention effect N2M1 increased aboveground nitrogen accumulation by 30.8%.
- Intervention effect N2M1 increased the contribution of pre-anthesis nitrogen translocation to grain nitrogen by 11.1%.
- Intervention effect N2M1 increased wheat yield by 20.4%.
- Association Nitrogen use efficiency increased with melatonin concentration, particularly under N1.