Abstract
Nitrogen (N) is a crucial plant nutrient that farmers tend to apply to their crops in excess in order to gain high yields. However, crop plants are generally inefficient at N uptake from the soil, much of the applied N fertilizers are lost to the plant through leaching, volatization and by microbial action. It is important to breed and/or design nitrogen use efficient (NUE) crop plants that can produce the same, or higher yields with less applied N fertilizer. Growth of NUE crops, coupled with implementation of best fertilizer management practices, would reduce the need for N fertilizer application, reducing both costs to the farmer and environmental pollution.We have recently genetically engineered rice (Oryza sativa L.) by introducing a barley alanine aminotransferase (AlaAT) cDNA driven by a rice tissue specific promoter (Shrawat et. al., 2008). The transgenic rice showed significantly increased biomass and grain yield compared to control plants when grown at a fixed, high amount of ammonium. We also analysed the transcriptomic profile of these transgenic plants using Affymetrix Rice GeneChip microarrays (Beatty et al., 2009). In the current study, we compared various physiological and genetic data from alanine aminotransferase over-expressing transgenic plants to control plants grown at three different nitrogen levels and demonstrated significant changes between them. Our studies demonstrate that the manipulation of AlaAT can be affected by the level of available nitrogen. In addition, certain transcripts in the transgenic lines can be influenced by nitrogen levels as well.
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Claim · model-written summary
Previously engineered AlaAT rice had significantly increased biomass at fixed high ammonium.
- Taxon
- rice
Oryza sativae0 - Treatment
- introducing a barley alanine aminotransferase (AlaAT) cDNAe1
- Outcome
- biomasse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- a fixed, high amount of ammoniume0
- Comparator
- control plantse0
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Verbatim
e0“transgenic rice showed significantly increased biomass and grain yield compared to control plants when grown at a fixed, high amount of ammonium”
e1“introducing a barley alanine aminotransferase (AlaAT) cDNA”
Claim · model-written summary
Previously engineered AlaAT rice had significantly increased grain yield at fixed high ammonium.
- Taxon
- riceOryza sativae0
- Treatment
- introducing a barley alanine aminotransferase (AlaAT) cDNAe1
- Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Qualifier
- a fixed, high amount of ammoniume0
- Comparator
- control plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“transgenic rice showed significantly increased biomass and grain yield compared to control plants when grown at a fixed, high amount of ammonium”
e1“introducing a barley alanine aminotransferase (AlaAT) cDNA”
Claim · model-written summary
AlaAT-overexpressing rice differed significantly in physiological and genetic data from controls across three nitrogen levels.
- Taxon
- riceOryza sativat0
- Outcome
- physiological and genetic datae0
- Direction
- changese0
- Qualifier
- three different nitrogen levelse0
- Comparator
- control plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“compared various physiological and genetic data from alanine aminotransferase over-expressing transgenic plants to control plants grown at three different nitrogen levels and demonstrated significant changes between them”
t0“rice”
Claim · model-written summary
The effect of AlaAT manipulation depended on available nitrogen level.
- Taxon
- riceOryza sativat0
- Gene
- AlaATe0
- Outcome
- manipulation of AlaATe0
- Qualifier
- level of available nitrogene0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“manipulation of AlaAT can be affected by the level of available nitrogen”
t0“rice”
Claim · model-written summary
Nitrogen level influenced certain transcripts in transgenic rice.
- Taxon
- riceOryza sativat0
- Material
- transgenic linese0
- Outcome
- certain transcriptse0
- Qualifier
- nitrogen levelse0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“certain transcripts in the transgenic lines can be influenced by nitrogen levels as well”
t0“rice”
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