Nitrate paradigm does not hold up for sugarcane.

Modern agriculture is based on the notion that nitrate is the main source of nitrogen (N) for crops, but nitrate is also the most mobile form of N and easily lost from soil. Efficient acquisition of nitrate by crops is therefore a prerequisite for avoiding off-site N pollution. Sugarcane is consider...

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Main Authors: Nicole Robinson, Richard Brackin, Kerry Vinall, Fiona Soper, Jirko Holst, Harshi Gamage, Chanyarat Paungfoo-Lonhienne, Heinz Rennenberg, Prakash Lakshmanan, Susanne Schmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3084252?pdf=render