Do plants need nitrate? The mechanisms by which nitrogen form affects plants

Nitrogen losses from the soil/plant system: a review

(2013) K.C. Cameron et al.   ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY

Fertilisers and insect herbivores: a meta-analysis

(2012) J. Butler et al.   ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY

Seed Germination and Vigor

(2012) Loïc Rajjou et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Plant Nitrogen Assimilation and Use Efficiency

(2012) Guohua Xu et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Glutamine Synthetase in Legumes: Recent Advances in Enzyme Structure and Functional Genomics

(2012) Marco Betti et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

A new structural insight into differential interaction of cyanobacterial and plant ferredoxins with nitrite reductase as revealed by NMR and X-ray crystallographic studies

(2012) Yukiko Sakakibara et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY

Ammonium-induced loss of root gravitropism is related to auxin distribution and TRH1 function, and is uncoupled from the inhibition of root elongation in Arabidopsis

(2012) Na Zou et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Developmental effects on ureide levels are mediated by tissue-specific regulation of allantoinase in Phaseolus vulgaris L.

(2012) Juan Luis Díaz-Leal et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Exploring NUE in crops and in Arabidopsis ideotypes to improve yield and seed quality

(2012) Fabien Chardon et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Inhibition of Glutamine Synthetase by Phosphinothricin Leads to Transcriptome Reprograming in Root Nodules ofMedicago truncatula

(2012) Ana R. Seabra et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Coming of leaf age: control of growth by hydraulics and metabolics during leaf ontogeny

(2012) Florent Pantin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Dynamic trajectories of growth and nitrogen capture by competing plants

(2012) Clare Trinder et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Nitrate transport capacity of theArabidopsis thalianaNRT2 family members and their interactions with AtNAR2.1

(2012) Zorica Kotur et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Human safety controversies surrounding nitrate and nitrite in the diet

(2012) Jeffrey J. Sindelar et al.   NITRIC OXIDE-BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Root system architecture: insights from Arabidopsis and cereal crops

(2012) S. Smith et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Overexpressing the ANR1 MADS-Box Gene in Transgenic Plants Provides New Insights into its Role in the Nitrate Regulation of Root Development

(2012) Yinbo Gan et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Past, present and future of organic nutrients

(2012) Chanyarat Paungfoo-Lonhienne et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Engineering nitrogen use efficient crop plants: the current status

(2012) Chandra H. McAllister et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Characterization of a NADH-Dependent Glutamate Dehydrogenase Mutant ofArabidopsisDemonstrates the Key Role of this Enzyme in Root Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism

(2012) Jean-Xavier Fontaine et al.   PLANT CELL

The Arabidopsis Nitrate Transporter NRT2.4 Plays a Double Role in Roots and Shoots of Nitrogen-Starved Plants

(2012) T. Kiba et al.   PLANT CELL

Ca2+ Conduction by an Amino Acid-Gated Ion Channel Related to Glutamate Receptors

(2012) E. D. Vincill et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Four allantoinase genes are expressed in nitrogen-fixing soybean

(2012) Veronica A. Duran et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Protein turnover and plant RNA and phosphorus requirements in relation to nitrogen fixation

(2012) John A. Raven   PLANT SCIENCE

Identification of an abscisic acid transporter by functional screening using the receptor complex as a sensor

(2012) Y. Kanno et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Systems Biology for Enhanced Plant Nitrogen Nutrition

(2012) R. A. Gutierrez   SCIENCE

To germinate or not to germinate: a question of dormancy relief not germination stimulation

(2012) William E. Finch-Savage et al.   SEED SCIENCE RESEARCH

Uptake, allocation and signaling of nitrate

(2012) Ya-Yun Wang et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Effects of nitrogen supply on canopy development of maize and sunflower

(2012) A. M. Massignam et al.   Crop & Pasture Science

Positive plant microbial interactions in perennial ryegrass dairy pasture systems

(2011) M. Andrews et al.   ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY

Roles of the transcriptional regulation mediated by the nitrate-responsive cis-element in higher plants

(2011) Mineko Konishi et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

An engineered pathway for glyoxylate metabolism in tobacco plants aimed to avoid the release of ammonia in photorespiration

(2011) Josirley de FC Carvalho et al.   BMC BIOTECHNOLOGY

The glutamine synthetase gene family in Populus

(2011) Vanessa Castro-Rodríguez et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

CO2enrichment inhibits shoot nitrate assimilation in C3but not C4plants and slows growth under nitrate in C3plants

(2011) Arnold J. Bloom et al.   ECOLOGY

New perspectives on nodule nitrogen assimilation in actinorhizal symbioses

(2011) Alison M. Berry et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

PvAMT1;1, a Highly Selective Ammonium Transporter That Functions as H+/NH4+Symporter

(2011) Carlos Ortiz-Ramirez et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Molecular Mechanism of 14-3-3 Protein-mediated Inhibition of Plant Nitrate Reductase

(2011) Iris C. Lambeck et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A holistic view of nitrogen acquisition in plants

(2011) T. Kraiser et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Spatial expression and regulation of rice high-affinity nitrate transporters by nitrogen and carbon status

(2011) Huimin Feng et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Respiration and nitrogen assimilation: targeting mitochondria-associated metabolism as a means to enhance nitrogen use efficiency

(2011) C. H. Foyer et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Nitrate transceptor(s) in plants

(2011) A. Gojon et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The anoxic plant mitochondrion as a nitrite: NO reductase

(2011) Kapuganti J. Gupta et al.   MITOCHONDRION

Mutation of GOGAT prevents pea bacteroid formation and N2 fixation by globally downregulating transport of organic nitrogen sources

(2011) G. Mulley et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Rice DUR3 mediates high-affinity urea transport and plays an effective role in improvement of urea acquisition and utilization when expressed in Arabidopsis

(2011) Wei-Hong Wang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Light interception efficiency explained by two simple variables: a test using a diversity of small- to medium-sized woody plants

(2011) R. A. Duursma et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta-analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control

(2011) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The influence of genetic variation and nitrogen source on nitrate accumulation and iso-osmotic regulation by lettuce

(2011) Ian G. Burns et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The contribution of nitrogen fixation to sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.), and the identification and characterization of part of the associated diazotrophic bacterial community

(2011) Cecilia Taulé et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Evidence from field nitrogen balance and 15N natural abundance data for the contribution of biological N2 fixation to Brazilian sugarcane varieties

(2011) Segundo Urquiaga et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Nitrate uptake along the maize primary root: an integrated physiological and molecular approach

(2011) AGOSTINO SORGONÀ et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Shoot-supplied ammonium targets the root auxin influx carrier AUX1 and inhibits lateral root emergence in Arabidopsis

(2011) BAOHAI LI et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Nitrogen fixation in legumes and actinorhizal plants in natural ecosystems: values obtained using15N natural abundance

(2011) Mitchell Andrews et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

Metabolomics data reveal a crucial role of cytosolic glutamine synthetase 1;1 in coordinating metabolic balance in rice

(2011) Miyako Kusano et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Control of Leaf Expansion: A Developmental Switch from Metabolics to Hydraulics

(2011) F. Pantin et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Protein Phosphatase 2A B55 and A Regulatory Subunits Interact with Nitrate Reductase and Are Essential for Nitrate Reductase Activation

(2011) B. Heidari et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Exogenous nitrate induces root branching and inhibits primary root growth in Capsicum chinense Jacq.

(2011) Teresita de Jesús Celis-Arámburo et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Isolation and characterization of a novel ammonium overly sensitive mutant, amos2, in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2011) Guangjie Li et al.   PLANTA

Patterns of Plant Biomass Partitioning Depend on Nitrogen Source

(2011) Camila Aguetoni Cambui et al.   PLoS One

Nitrogen economics of root foraging: Transitive closure of the nitrate-cytokinin relay and distinct systemic signaling for N supply vs. demand

(2011) S. Ruffel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dormancy cycling in Arabidopsis seeds is controlled by seasonally distinct hormone-signaling pathways

(2011) S. Footitt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Chilling-induced ultrastructural changes to mesophyll cells of Arabidopsis grown under short days are almost completely reversible by plant re-warming

(2011) Nicole G. F. Vella et al.   PROTOPLASMA

Glutamate Receptor-Like Genes Form Ca2+ Channels in Pollen Tubes and Are Regulated by Pistil D-Serine

(2011) E. Michard et al.   SCIENCE

Suppression of glutamate synthase genes significantly affects carbon and nitrogen metabolism in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

(2011) YongEn Lu et al.   Science China-Life Sciences

The biochemistry of nitrogen mobilization: purine ring catabolism

(2011) Andrea K. Werner et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Crops for Sustainable Agriculture

(2011) Bertrand Hirel et al.   Sustainability

Reverse genetics approach to characterize a function of NADH-glutamate synthase1 in rice plants

(2010) Wataru Tamura et al.   AMINO ACIDS

Why are mycorrhizal fungi and symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria not genetically integrated into plants?

(2010) J.A. Raven   ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY

Nitrogen uptake, assimilation and remobilization in plants: challenges for sustainable and productive agriculture

(2010) Céline Masclaux-Daubresse et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

The effects of salinity and osmotic stress on barley germination rate: sodium as an osmotic regulator

(2010) Hongxiang Zhang et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Nitrate signaling: adaptation to fluctuating environments

(2010) Gabriel Krouk et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Nitrate-Regulated Auxin Transport by NRT1.1 Defines a Mechanism for Nutrient Sensing in Plants

(2010) Gabriel Krouk et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Effects of modelling detail on simulated potential crop yields under a wide range of climatic conditions

(2010) M. Adam et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Hydrogen production by nitrogenase as a potential crop rotation benefit

(2010) Amber-Leigh Golding et al.   Environmental Chemistry Letters

Localized application of phosphorus and ammonium improves growth of maize seedlings by stimulating root proliferation and rhizosphere acidification

(2010) J. Jing et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

New perspectives on glutamine synthetase in grasses

(2010) S. M. Swarbreck et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The cytosolic glutamine synthetase GLN1;2 plays a role in the control of plant growth and ammonium homeostasis in Arabidopsis rosettes when nitrate supply is not limiting

(2010) Jérémy Lothier et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Understanding plant response to nitrogen limitation for the improvement of crop nitrogen use efficiency

(2010) S. Kant et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Competition between uptake of ammonium and potassium in barley and Arabidopsis roots: molecular mechanisms and physiological consequences

(2010) F. t. Hoopen et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

From the soil to the seeds: the long journey of nitrate in plants

(2010) J. Dechorgnat et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Ammonium Triggers Lateral Root Branching in Arabidopsis in an AMMONIUM TRANSPORTER1;3-Dependent Manner

(2010) J. E. Lima et al.   PLANT CELL

Characterization of a Developmental Root Response Caused by External Ammonium Supply in Lotus japonicus

(2010) A. Rogato et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Arabidopsis Plants Acclimate to Water Deficit at Low Cost through Changes of Carbon Usage: An Integrated Perspective Using Growth, Metabolite, Enzyme, and Gene Expression Analysis

(2010) Irène Hummel et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Urea metabolism in plants

(2010) Claus-Peter Witte   PLANT SCIENCE

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase intrinsically located in the chloroplast of rice plays a crucial role in ammonium assimilation

(2010) C. Masumoto et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nitrate-responsive miR393/AFB3 regulatory module controls root system architecture in Arabidopsis thaliana

(2010) E. A. Vidal et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Carbon Dioxide Enrichment Inhibits Nitrate Assimilation in Wheat and Arabidopsis

(2010) A. J. Bloom et al.   SCIENCE

Abscisic acid and the control of seed dormancy and germination

(2010) Eiji Nambara et al.   SEED SCIENCE RESEARCH

Evolution of tree nutrition

(2010) J. A. Raven et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

On the origins of nitric oxide

(2010) Kapuganti J. Gupta et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Nitrogen use efficiency. 3. Nitrogen fixation: genes and costs

(2009) M. Andrews et al.   ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY

Nitrate uptake by plant rootsThis paper is one of a selection published in a Special Issue comprising papers presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists (CSPP) held at the University of Ottawa, Ontario, in June 2008.

(2009) Anthony D.M. Glass   Botany

CHL1 Functions as a Nitrate Sensor in Plants

(2009) Cheng-Hsun Ho et al.   CELL

ABA, GA3, and nitrate may control seed germination of Crithmum maritimum (Apiaceae) under saline conditions

(2009) Abdallah Atia et al.   COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES

The unbearable naivety of legumes in symbiosis

(2009) Griet Den Herder et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Assimilation of excess ammonium into amino acids and nitrogen translocation inArabidopsis thaliana- roles of glutamate synthases and carbamoylphosphate synthetase in leaves

(2009) Fabien Potel et al.   FEBS Journal

Correlations in concentrations, xylem and phloem flows, and partitioning of elements and ions in intact plants. A summary and statistical re-evaluation of modelling experiments in Ricinus communis

(2009) Andreas D. Peuke   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Nitric oxide-induced rapid decrease of abscisic acid concentration is required in breaking seed dormancy in Arabidopsis

(2009) Yinggao Liu et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Resolving the Role of Plant Glutamate Dehydrogenase. I. in vivo Real Time Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Experiments

(2009) Soraya Labboun et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Plant root growth, architecture and function

(2009) Angela Hodge et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Phenotypic Plasticity of Adventitious Rooting in Arabidopsis Is Controlled by Complex Regulation of AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR Transcripts and MicroRNA Abundance

(2009) L. Gutierrez et al.   PLANT CELL

Feedback Inhibition of Ammonium Uptake by a Phospho-Dependent Allosteric Mechanism in Arabidopsis

(2009) V. Lanquar et al.   PLANT CELL

A modular concept of plant foraging behaviour: the interplay between local responses and systemic control

(2009) HANS DE KROON et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Nitrate and glutamate as environmental cues for behavioural responses in plant roots

(2009) BRIAN G. FORDE et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Seed dormancy, nitrogen nutrition and shade acclimation ofImpatiens glandulifera: implications for successful invasion of deciduous woodland

(2009) Mitchell Andrews et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

Nitrate reductase activity of two leafy vegetables as affected by nickel and different nitrogen forms

(2008) Renata Matraszek   ACTA PHYSIOLOGIAE PLANTARUM

Change in Uptake, Transport and Accumulation of Ions in Nerium oleander (Rosebay) as Affected by Different Nitrogen Sources and Salinity

(2008) Ahmad Abdolzadeh et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Plant mitochondrial function during anaerobiosis

(2008) Abir U. Igamberdiev et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Molecular Aspects of Seed Dormancy

(2008) Ruth Finkelstein et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Signalling cascades integrating light-enhanced nitrate metabolism

(2008) Cathrine Lillo   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

NH4+-stimulated and -inhibited components of K+ transport in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

(2008) M. W. Szczerba et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

NAD(H)-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase is essential for the survival ofArabidopsis thalianaduring dark-induced carbon starvation

(2008) Yo Miyashita et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Insights into the evolution of CCMs from comparisons with other resource acquisition and assimilation processes

(2008) John A. Raven et al.   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

Nitrogen-fixing bacteria associated with leguminous and non-leguminous plants

(2008) Claudine Franche et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Nitrate signalling mediated by the NRT1.1 nitrate transporter antagonises l-glutamate-induced changes in root architecture

(2008) Pia Walch-Liu et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Physiological and Transcriptomic Aspects of Urea Uptake and Assimilation in Arabidopsis Plants

(2008) P. Merigout et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The Arabidopsis Abscisic Acid Catabolic Gene CYP707A2 Plays a Key Role in Nitrate Control of Seed Dormancy

(2008) T. Matakiadis et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Cell-specific nitrogen responses mediate developmental plasticity

(2008) M. L. Gifford et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Inhibition of maize root growth by high nitrate supply is correlated with reduced IAA levels in roots

(2007) Qiuying Tian et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY