Improving wheat nutrient use via the plant nitrogen–potassium–water nexus. To optimise growth and yield, plants must maintain careful balances of water and ions in their cells. While individual nitrog

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Improving wheat nutrient use via the plant nitrogen–potassium–water nexus. To optimise growth and yield, plants must maintain careful balances of water and ions in their cells. While individual nitrogen, potassium, and water transporters that uptake nutrients from soil are mostly known, how these systems are co-ordinated is not, especially in important cereal crops such as wheat. This project aims to uncover new molecular mechanisms that co-regulate water and ion uptake in wheat. Results are expected to provide significant benefits to farmers by creating new options for improved nutrient use efficiency in economically relevant plants; reducing the need for, and impact of, costly fertilisers; and improving the long-term environmental sustainability of Australian agriculture.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 3108 - Plant Biology. Lead: Em/Prof Stephen Tyerman