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Nitrogen and Stress

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Elucidation of Abiotic Stress Signaling in Plants

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Nitrogen is an essential macronutrient for the plants and fertilizer N-use efficiency is becoming an increasing economic and environmental concern. The nutrient stress conditions of N deficiency and N excess may get exacerbated by other abiotic stresses, which in turn are likely to be worsened by climate change. Exploring their interrelationships is being increasingly facilitated by the growing knowledge of the genome-wide N response as well as other abiotic stress responses in model plants. Nitrate and its more reduced forms are not only sources of plant N nutrition but also signals that govern their own uptake; N, C, and redox metabolism; and hormonal and other organism-wide responses. The signaling mechanisms involved in N response or response to N stress or N-use efficiency are currently far less well understood than those in other abiotic stresses. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the current state of knowledge on normal N response and response to N stress, as well as their interrelationships with other abiotic stresses.

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Jangam, A.P., Raghuram, N. (2015). Nitrogen and Stress. In: Pandey, G. (eds) Elucidation of Abiotic Stress Signaling in Plants. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2540-7_12

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