RICE Crop Cultivation

The balance of nitrogen and phosphorus determines growth and yield

A new mechanism in control of plant nutrition help to achieve higher yield

Scientists from the many Institute. discovered this mechanism in their research on Asian rice The balance between nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) is decisive for crop yield. Both nutrients, which the plant absorbs from the soil through its roots, interact more strongly with each other and helps in healthy and optimal growth, all living beings need a good balance of minerals. However, we know very little about how plants achieve this balance.' 

A detailed analysis at the molecular level results in an entire from the sensor that recognizes nitrate quantities to factors that enable the synthesis of the so-called transporters that carry the phosphate into the plant. 'Although most of the components were already known individually, it was only through this work that they were brought together into a signaling pathway. This gives us a new understanding of how to control plant nutrition. In addition to this, it enables specific manipulations to either couple the uptake of both nutrients more closely or to differentiate them from each other  based on how nutrient-rich the soil on which the rice grows is.'