MODULATION OF NITROGEN-UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY IN WHEAT GENOTYPES DIFFERING IN NITRATE REDUCTASE ACTIVITY
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Abstract
The plants growing in natural field conditions do not express their full genetic potential of nitrogen (N) utilization due to a limiting availability of N at later stages of growth. Their full potential is likely to manifest under non-limiting nitrogen supply wherein the high nitrate reductase (HNR) and the low nitrate reductase (LNR) genotypes should differ significantly in their N-utilization efficiencies. In a sand culture experiment, using IC 321157 (HNR) and C 306 (LNR) genotypes of Triticum aestivum L. under controlled conditions, 15-day-old plants were collected in triplicate and analyzed for nitrate content, N-metabolizing enzymes and N harvest. Kinetic studies were conducted to obtain the Km and Vmax values for enzymes. The values for nitrate content, activities of the nitrate- and the ammonium- assimilating enzymes, biomass and N harvest were higher in the HNR than in the LNR genotype. The higher affinities of enzymes to their substrates in the HNR genotype indicated a greater potential of this genotype for N utilization under non-limiting N supply with a well-coordinated system of N uptake and assimilation. The study suggests that the N-utilization efficiency of plants can be improved by exploiting their full genetic potential under non-limiting N supply, which may be achieved by synchronizing the supply with demand during late stages of plant growth. It also shows that the enzymes responsible for N assimilation act in a coordinated way, thus necessitating the need of a holistic approach for the study of the N-metabolic pathways.
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| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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