Variation in the promoter of <i>OsNPF7.1</i> contributes to nitrate uptake, remobilization, and grain yield in upland rice

Ming Yan; Huimin Feng; Mian Gu; Hanwei Mei; Lei Wang; Kai Xu; Shoujun Chen; Anning Zhang; Liguo Zhou; Xiaoyan Xu; Peiqing Fan; Liang Chen; Fangjun Feng; Guohua Xu; Lijun Luo; Hui Xia

doi:10.1016/j.jgg.2025.03.010

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Variation in the promoter of OsNPF7.1 contributes to nitrate uptake, remobilization, and grain yield in upland rice

doi: 10.1016/j.jgg.2025.03.010

1. MOA Key Laboratory of Grain Crop Genetic Resources Evaluation and Utilization, Shanghai Agrobiological Gene Center, Shanghai, 201106, China;
2. National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China;
3. MOA Key Laboratory of Grain Crop Genetic Resources Evaluation and Utilization, Shanghai Agrobiological Gene Center, Shanghai, 201106, China;
4. National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China;
5. MOA Key Laboratory of Grain Crop Genetic Resources Evaluation and Utilization, Shanghai Agrobiological Gene Center, Shanghai, 201106, China;
6. College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510642, China;
7. National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China

Funds:

2023B10564004), Shanghai Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program (2024-02-08-00-12-F00028), and Earmarked Fund for China Agriculture Research System (CARS-01).

This study is supported by Joint Funds of National Natural Science Foundation of China (U24A20399), Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (23JC1403500

22ZR1455300), Specific university discipline construction project (2023B10564002

Received Date: 2025-01-17
Accepted Date: 2025-03-18
Rev Recd Date: 2025-03-16

Available Online: 2025-07-11

Publish Date: 2025-03-26

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