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Greater outer nodal root lateral length improved nitrogen use efficiency.

Taxon: maizeZea mayst0
Organ / stage: outer nodal rootse0
Outcome: nitrogen use efficiencye0
Direction: improvede0

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“maize”
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“increased total lateral root length of outer nodal roots significantly improved nitrogen accumulation and nitrogen use efficiency.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1227–1357

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Cultivar mixtures of maize enhance grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency by promoting canopy photosynthetically active radiation and root growth

Xucun Jia; Fuli Li; Zhengyan Miao; et al. Journal of Integrative Agriculture 2024. doi:10.1016/j.jia.2024.11.002

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Intervention effect Cultivar mixtures increased middle-canopy light interception under N0, N140, and N280.
Intervention effect Cultivar mixtures increased dry matter accumulation under N0, N140, and N280.
Intervention effect Cultivar mixtures increased total root length under N0, N140, and N280.
Association Middle-canopy light interception was positively associated with dry matter accumulation.
Mechanism Greater middle-canopy light interception was linked to increased grain yield through dry matter accumulation.
Association Whole-canopy light interception was positively associated with total lateral root length.
Mechanism Greater outer nodal root lateral length improved nitrogen accumulation.
Intervention effect Cultivar mixtures improved grain yield through canopy structure and root growth.
Intervention effect Cultivar mixtures improved nitrogen use efficiency through canopy structure and root growth.

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Proline may play a significant role in leaf nitrogen remobilization and nitrogen use efficiency.

Taxon: oilseed rapeBrassica napuse0
Compound: prolinee0
Outcome: leaf N remobilization and in N use efficiencye0

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“proline plays a significant role in leaf N remobilization and in N use efficiency in oilseed rape”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1561–1658

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Nitrogen availability impacts oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) plant water status and proline production efficiency under water-limited conditions

Benjamin Albert; Françoise Le Cahérec; Marie-Françoise Niogret; et al. Planta 2012. doi:10.1007/s00425-012-1636-8

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Intervention effect Water and nitrogen depletion accelerated leaf senescence.
Intervention effect Water and nitrogen depletion reduced leaf development.
Intervention effect Nitrogen deprivation lessened wilting during drought.
Observation Nitrogen-deprived plants had smaller leaves and partially closed stomata.
Observation Proline preferentially accumulated in younger leaves and accounted for 25-85% of free amino acids.
Intervention effect Fully nitrogen-supplied plants had better proline synthesis capacity.
Observation A significant amount of proline was transported from senescing to emerging leaves.
Observation Proline was readily recycled during rehydration.

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Authors infer delayed senescence in Yangdao 6 contributed carbon and nitrogen to seed filling and nitrogen use efficiency.

Taxon: riceOryza sativae0
Material: Yangdao 6e0
Outcome: enhancing N use efficiencye0
Qualifier: delayed senescencee0

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“delayed senescence in Yangdao 6 meaves could contribute more carbon and nitrogen sources to the seed filling and played a significant role at enhancing N use efficiency in rice plants”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1149–1332

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Characteristics of flag leaf senescence among three rice cultivars with different nitrogen use efficiency

Qirong Shen Nanjing Nongye Daxue xuebao 2010

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Improved soil quality index significantly boosted nitrogen use efficiency.

Taxon: wheatTriticum aestivumt0
Outcome: NUEe0
Direction: boostede0
Qualifier: enhanced SQI (57.8%)e0

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“the enhanced SQI (57.8%) significantly boosted grain yield and NUE, which was ascribed to the N2O emission reduction”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 953–1069

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“wheat grain yield”
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Partial substitution of biogas slurry for chemical fertilizer increased wheat grain yield while alleviating N2O emissions by improving soil quality and regulating N cycling genes

Eba Muluneh Sorecha; Renjie Ruan; Yue Yuan; et al. Environmental Technology & Innovation 2025. doi:10.1016/j.eti.2025.104286

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Intervention effect 50% biogas slurry substitution increased wheat tillers by 43.5%.
Intervention effect 50% substitution increased wheat dry matter by 21.6%.
Intervention effect 50% substitution increased nitrogen uptake by 52.6%.
Intervention effect 50% substitution increased nitrogen use efficiency by 32.2%.
Intervention effect 50% substitution increased wheat grain yield by 24.4%.
Intervention effect 50% substitution reduced N2O emissions by 26.9%.
Intervention effect 50% substitution reduced yield-scaled N2O emissions by 44.8%.
Mechanism Improved soil quality index of 57.8% significantly boosted grain yield.
Intervention effect 50% biogas slurry substitution reduced ArchamoA abundance relative to chemical fertilizer.
Mechanism Metagenomic analysis attributed N2O emissions mainly to Arch-amoA.
Mechanism SEM identified Arch-amoA as a stronger nitrification driver of N2O emissions than Bac-amoA.
Mechanism SEM identified nosZ as a stronger denitrification driver of N2O emissions than nirS.
Mechanism Available nitrogen dominated grain yield in the Random Forest analysis.
Mechanism Soil pH, C:N, available N and total N regulated N2O emissions in the Random Forest analysis.

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Greater outer nodal root lateral length improved nitrogen accumulation.

Taxon: maizeZea mayst0
Organ / stage: outer nodal rootse0
Outcome: nitrogen accumulatione0
Direction: improvede0

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“maize”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 21–26

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“increased total lateral root length of outer nodal roots significantly improved nitrogen accumulation and nitrogen use efficiency.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1227–1357

Title

Cultivar mixtures of maize enhance grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency by promoting canopy photosynthetically active radiation and root growth

Xucun Jia; Fuli Li; Zhengyan Miao; et al. Journal of Integrative Agriculture 2024. doi:10.1016/j.jia.2024.11.002

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Intervention effect Cultivar mixtures increased middle-canopy light interception under N0, N140, and N280.
Intervention effect Cultivar mixtures increased dry matter accumulation under N0, N140, and N280.
Intervention effect Cultivar mixtures increased total root length under N0, N140, and N280.
Association Middle-canopy light interception was positively associated with dry matter accumulation.
Mechanism Greater middle-canopy light interception was linked to increased grain yield through dry matter accumulation.
Association Whole-canopy light interception was positively associated with total lateral root length.
Mechanism Greater outer nodal root lateral length improved nitrogen use efficiency.
Intervention effect Cultivar mixtures improved grain yield through canopy structure and root growth.
Intervention effect Cultivar mixtures improved nitrogen use efficiency through canopy structure and root growth.

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Authors suggest reduced stomatal conductance lowered photosynthetic rate.

Taxon: cottonGossypium hirsutumt0
Outcome: photosynthetic ratee0
Direction: decreasee0
Qualifier: decrease of stomatal conductancee0

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“This might result from the significant decrease of photosynthetic rate due to the decrease of stomatal conductance”
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“cotton”
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Difference in leaf water use efficiency/photosynthetic nitrogen use efficiency of Bt-cotton and its conventional peer

Ruqing Guo; Shucun Sun; Biao Liu Scientific Reports 2016. doi:10.1038/srep33539

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The authors attributed higher yield at high density to canopy structure and nitrogen enzyme effects on light and nitrogen use.

Taxon: maizeZea mayse1
Outcome: grain yielde0
Direction: increasede0
Qualifier: synchronization of light and the N of the upper and middle leavese0

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“superior canopy structure of the upper layer and N assimilatory enzymes of the upper and middle leaves of this maize variety significantly increased the light interception of the canopy, while the synchronization of light and the N of the upper and middle leaves increased the light and N utilization efficiency of maize, which ultimately increased the grain yield at a high plant density”
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“maize (Zea mays L.)”
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Title

Understanding the Physiological Mechanisms of Canopy Light Interception and Nitrogen Distribution Characteristics of Different Maize Varieties at Varying Nitrogen Application Levels

Hong Ren; Peilu Zhou; Baoyuan Zhou; et al. Agronomy 2023. doi:10.3390/agronomy13041146

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Higher spikelet number explained the yield advantage while panicle number stayed stable.

Taxon: riceOryza sativat0
Outcome: spikelet number of the populatione0
Direction: highere0
Qualifier: stable panicle numbere0
Comparator: other treatmentse0

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“The main reason was that the spikelet number of the population was significantly higher than that of other treatments on the basis of stable panicle number”
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“rice”
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Effects of side deep placement of nitrogen on rice yield and nitrogen use efficiency

Heng HUANG; Heng-Xin JIANG; Guang-Ming LIU; et al. ACTA AGRONOMICA SINICA 2021. doi:10.3724/sp.j.1006.2021.02086

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Intervention effect FM3 produced higher rice yield than other treatments.
Intervention effect FM4 produced higher rice yield than other treatments.
Intervention effect FM3 had higher leaf area index in middle and late stages.
Intervention effect FM3 had higher dry matter accumulation in middle and late stages.
Intervention effect FM3 accumulated less nitrogen before jointing.
Intervention effect FM3 accumulated more nitrogen after jointing.
Intervention effect FM3 had higher total nitrogen uptake over the growth period.
Intervention effect FM3 increased nitrogen agronomic utilization rate versus other treatments.
Intervention effect FM3 increased nitrogen physiological utilization rate versus other treatments.
Intervention effect FM3 increased nitrogen absorption utilization rate versus other treatments.
Intervention effect FM3 increased nitrogen partial productivity versus other treatments.
Observation FM3 reduced fertilization frequency by 1–2 times relative to CFM and FM4.
Recommendation FM3 saves labor and cost and is suitable for large scale production.

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High intercellular CO2 concentration in Galinsoga and Populus contributed significantly to their higher PNUEmax, particularly at low nutrient availability.

Taxon: Galinsoga and PopulusPopulusGalinsogae1
Compound: CO 2e1
Outcome: higher PNUE maxe1
Qualifier: particularly at low nutrient availabilitye1

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“Intercellular CO 2 concentration was high in Galinsoga and Populus , which contributed significantly to their higher PNUE max , particularly at low nutrient availability”
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Analysis of differences in photosynthetic nitrogen‐use efficiency between four contrasting species

Thijs L. Pons; Milka H. M. Westbeek Physiologia Plantarum 2004. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.2004.00380.x

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