Claim · model-written summary
Root functional strategies shifted toward greater acquisition.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Outcome
- more acquisitive strategiese0
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Verbatim
e0“Root functional analyses indicated a shift toward more acquisitive strategies”
t0“Layered nitrogen placement increases wheat yield by transcriptionally regulating root functional strategies and reshaping soil enzymatic hotspots”
Title
Yang Zhou; Pengjia Wu; Muhammad Fraz Ali; et al. The Crop Journal 2026. doi:10.1016/j.cj.2026.04.003
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Layered nitrogen placement redistributed soil nitrate nitrogen, organic carbon, available phosphorus, and enzyme activities relative to shallow placement.
- Association The soil changes associated with layered nitrogen placement were linked to enhanced deeper root growth.
- Association Specific root length and area were greater in deeper soil under the changed soil conditions.
- Association Root nitrate reductase activity was higher under the changed soil conditions.
- Association Root nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations increased under the changed soil conditions.
- Observation Genes related to lateral root formation and root hair development were upregulated.
- Association The 8–16 cm soil layer explained 43.0% of yield variation and contributed most to yield formation.
- Intervention effect Layered nitrogen placement increased subsoil nutrient availability, root functional differentiation, and depth-specific transcriptional activation.
- Intervention effect Layered nitrogen placement promoted nutrient accumulation.
- Intervention effect Layered nitrogen placement increased grain yield.