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Tier 4 — Narrative / commentaryPeer-reviewed

Plant abiotic stress response and nutrient use efficiency

Zhizhong Gong, Liming Xiong, Huazhong Shi, Shuhua Yang, Luís Herrera‐Estrella, Guohua Xu, Dai‐Yin Chao, Jingrui Li, Peng-Yun Wang, Feng Qin, Jijang Li, Yanglin Ding, Yiting Shi, Yu Wang, Yongqing Yang, Yan Guo, Jian‐Kang Zhu

Science China Life Sciences · 2020

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Summary

This review synthesises current understanding of the mechanistic links between plant abiotic stress tolerance and nutrient use efficiency, drawing on contributions from leading researchers in plant physiology, molecular biology, and nutrient acquisition. The paper, as suggested by its scope and authorship, likely argues that stress-responsive regulatory pathways influence how plants acquire, translocate, and utilise mineral nutrients—a connection relevant to crop performance under resource-limited and climatically variable conditions. The findings contribute to the theoretical foundation for breeding or managing crops that maintain productivity under combined stress and nutrient constraints.

UK applicability

Understanding stress-nutrient interactions has potential relevance to UK farming resilience as climate variability increases and nutrient efficiency becomes economically and environmentally important. However, as a mechanistic review likely focused on model systems or controlled conditions, direct practical application to UK field conditions would require validation through agronomic trials on UK soils and cultivars.

Key measures

Molecular signalling cascades, nutrient uptake rates, stress-induced gene expression, nutrient translocation, and physiological indicators of stress tolerance and nutrient use efficiency

Outcomes reported

The study examined molecular and physiological mechanisms linking plant abiotic stress responses to nutrient use efficiency, as suggested by the interdisciplinary authorship and journal scope. The research appears to synthesise understanding of how stress tolerance traits interact with nutrient acquisition and assimilation pathways.

Theme
Climate & resilience
Subject
Crop nutrient density & mineral composition
Study type
Narrative Review
Study design
Narrative review
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
Status
Published
Geography
International
System type
Laboratory / in vitro
DOI
10.1007/s11427-020-1683-x
Catalogue ID
SNmojuopib-7duycq

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