Expression of a cucumber alanine aminotransferase2 gene improves nitrogen use efficiency in transgenic rice
Abstract Background Rice can absorb less than 40% of applied nitrogen fertilizer, whereas the unabsorbed nitrogen fertilizer may cause environmental problems, such as algal blooms in freshwater and increased production of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas which is 300 times more potent than carbon dio...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2019-11-01
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Series: | Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43141-019-0010-7 |