{"id":35062,"date":"2025-01-08T19:01:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T13:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=35062"},"modified":"2025-01-08T19:02:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T13:32:00","slug":"nitrogen-use-efficiency-nue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/08-01-2025\/nitrogen-use-efficiency-nue","title":{"rendered":"New Method of Increasing Nitrogen Use Efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/ Agriculture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Recent research has identified a novel method to enhance Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) in crops like rice and Arabidopsis by lowering nitric oxide (NO) levels in plants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Findings of the Study<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Role of Nitric Oxide (NO):<\/strong> Nitric oxide influences nitrate uptake by regulating nitrate transporters.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lowering NO levels activates <strong>high-affinity nitrate transporters (HATs), <\/strong>especially under limited nitrogen conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Overexpressing phytoglobin,<\/strong> a natural NO scavenger, increases the expression of high-affinity nitrate transporters (HATs) like NRT2.1 and NRT2.4, leading to more efficient nitrogen uptake under low NO conditions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Protein Nitrosylation,<\/strong> a biochemical modification of proteins by NO, plays a crucial role in nitrogen regulation.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Targeting this process has shown improved NUE outcomes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The study also explores the development of <strong>NO scavenging formulations<\/strong> adaptable to various agroecosystems, further aiding the reduction of nitrogen fertilizer use.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Improving NUE is critical for;<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reducing excessive use of nitrogen fertilizers,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mitigating environmental pollution, such as nitrate leaching and greenhouse gas emissions,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enhancing crop yields.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Methods Used<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Genetic Manipulation:<\/strong> Genetic manipulation involves altering plant genes to control nitric oxide levels in the cells.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pharmacological Manipulation: <\/strong>Pharmacological manipulation involves using chemical compounds called NO scavengers to reduce nitric oxide concentration in plants.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2090884#:~:text=By%20overexpressing%20phytoglobin%2C%20a%20natural,especially%20under%20low%20NO%20conditions.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PIB<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent research has identified a novel method to enhance Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) in crops like rice and Arabidopsis by lowering nitric oxide (NO) levels in plants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35063,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35062\/revisions\/35063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}