The excess application of nitrogen fertilizer in agriculture and the limitation of nitrogen uptake by crops raise the alarm about the urgency to breed crops with higher nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). Recently, a novel strategy has been developed to enhance NUE and crop production by manipulating nitrate remobilization.
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Dong, NQ., Lin, HX. Higher yield with less nitrogen fertilizer. Nat. Plants 6, 1078–1079 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-00763-3
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