{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14(6)"],"submitter":["Fan P"],"pubmed_abstract":["Nitrogen (N) utilization for crop production under N deficiency conditions is subject to a trade-off between maintaining specific leaf N content (SLN) important for radiation-use efficiency versus maintaining leaf area (LA) development, important for light capture. This paper aims to explore how maize deals with this trade-off through responses in SLN, LA and their underlying traits during the vegetative and reproductive growth stages. In a 10-year N fertilization trial in Jilin province, Northeast China, three N fertilizer levels have been maintained: N deficiency (N0), low N supply (N1) and high N supply (N2). We analysed data from years 8 and 10 of this experiment for two common hybrids. Under N deficiency, maize plants maintained LA and decreased SLN during vegetative stages, while bot"],"journal":["AoB PLANTS"],"pagination":["plac053"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9762715"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Plastic response of leaf traits to N deficiency in field-grown maize."],"pmcid":["PMC9762715"],"pubmed_authors":["Li Y","Li S","Evers JB","Ming B","Fan P","Anten NPR","Xie R"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Plastic response of leaf traits to N deficiency in field-grown maize.","description":"Nitrogen (N) utilization for crop production under N deficiency conditions is subject to a trade-off between maintaining specific leaf N content (SLN) important for radiation-use efficiency versus maintaining leaf area (LA) development, important for light capture. This paper aims to explore how maize deals with this trade-off through responses in SLN, LA and their underlying traits during the vegetative and reproductive growth stages. In a 10-year N fertilization trial in Jilin province, Northeast China, three N fertilizer levels have been maintained: N deficiency (N0), low N supply (N1) and high N supply (N2). We analysed data from years 8 and 10 of this experiment for two common hybrids. Under N deficiency, maize plants maintained LA and decreased SLN during vegetative stages, while bot","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Nov","modification":"2025-04-18T15:21:21.923Z","creation":"2025-04-07T02:00:18.865Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9762715","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36545299"],"doi":["10.1093/aobpla/plac053"]}}