Claim · model-written summary
NUpE correlated strongly with root GS activity (r = 0.84 ***).
- Organ / stage
- roote0
- Outcome
- Nitrogen uptake efficiency (NUpE)e0
- Value
- r = 0.84 ***e0
- Qualifier
- GS activitye0
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Verbatim
e0“Nitrogen uptake efficiency (NUpE) correlated strongly with root traits such as activity (r = 0.80 ***), length (r = 0.73 ***), surface area (r = 0.67 ***), GS activity (r = 0.84 ***), and dry weight (r = 0.92)”
t0“Maize Hybrids”
Title
Muhammad Faheem Jan; Ming Li; Changzhuang Liu; et al. Plants 2025. doi:10.3390/plants14030399
Other claims from this paper (19)
- Observation Hybrids had enhanced root architecture relative to inbred lines.
- Observation Hybrids had superior nitrate reductase and glutamine synthetase activities relative to inbred lines.
- Observation Hybrids had improved morphological traits and photosynthetic efficiency relative to inbred lines.
- Observation Hybrids produced greater biomass than inbred lines.
- Observation Hybrids accumulated more nitrogen than inbred lines.
- Observation Hybrids had greater nitrogen use efficiency than inbred lines.
- Observation Zheng58 × PH4CV had the highest NUE among hybrids.
- Association NUpE correlated strongly with root activity (r = 0.80 ***).
- Association NUpE correlated strongly with root length (r = 0.73 ***).
- Association NUpE correlated strongly with root surface area (r = 0.67 ***).
- Association NUpE correlated strongly with root dry weight (r = 0.92).
- Association NutE was positively correlated with shoot NR activity (r = 0.90 ***), particularly under high nitrogen.
- Association NutE was positively correlated with shoot GS activity (r = 0.56 ***), particularly under high nitrogen.
- Association NutE was positively correlated with leaf area (r = 0.73 ***), particularly under high nitrogen.
- Association NutE was positively correlated with shoot dry weight (r = 0.82 ***), particularly under high nitrogen.
- Association NutE was positively correlated with shoot N accumulation (r = 0.55 ***), particularly under high nitrogen.
- Observation 444 × PH4CV was identified as an N-efficient genotype.
- Observation 444 × MO17 was identified as an N-efficient genotype.
- Observation B73 × MO17 was identified as an N-efficient genotype.