Pyramiding of the dep1-1 and NAL1^NJ6 alleles achieves sustainable improvements in nitrogen-use efficiency and grain yield in japonica rice breeding

Affiliations

• ¹ State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China; Root Biology Center, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 300052, China.
• ² State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
• ³ Root Biology Center, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 300052, China.
• ⁴ Root Biology Center, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 300052, China. Electronic address: hliao@fafu.edu.cn.
• ⁵ State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China; College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China. Electronic address: xdfu@genetics.ac.cn.