Tissue and nitrogen-linked expression profiles of ammonium and nitrate transporters in maize.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In order to grow, plants rely on soil nutrients which can vary both spatially and temporally depending on the environment, the soil type or the microbial activity. An essential nutrient is nitrogen, which is mainly accessible as nitrate and ammonium. Many studies have investigated transport genes for these ions in Arabidopsis thaliana and recently in crop species, including Maize, Rice and Barley. However, in most crop species, an understanding of the participants in nitrate and ammonium transport across the soil plant continuum remains undefined.

Results

We have mapped a non-exhaustive set of putative nitrate and ammonium transporters in maize. The selected transporters were defined based on previous studies comparing nitrate transport pathways conserved between

SUBMITTER: Dechorgnat J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6528335 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature