Role of alanine aminotransferase in improved nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in cereals

农作物对氮基肥料的使用效率通常低于40%，效率很低。未被利用的氮常常通过浸出和/或挥发而流失到环境中。提高农业氮肥利用效率（NUE）将减少氮肥的总体使用并最大限度地减少其对环境的影响。该项目将采用一种新的氮肥利用技术，该技术在转移到工厂后将显著提高氮肥利用效率。我们将在分子、生化和生理水平上定义表型，以最大限度地将其应用于小麦、大麦和玉米等其他农作物。

The use of nitrogen-based fertilisers by crop plants is poor where efficiencies (nitrogen taken up to that applied) is often less than 40%. Nitrogen not used is often lost to the environment through leaching and or volatilisation. Improving nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in agriculture will decrease overall nitrogen fertiliser use and minimise its environmental footprint. This project will characterise a novel NUE technology that when transferred to plants significantly improves NUE. We will define the phenotype at the molecular, biochemical and physiological levels to maximise its adoption to other agricultural crops such as wheat, barley and maize.