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In higher plants, NO₃⁻ can induce its own uptake and the magnitude of this induction is positively related to the external anion concentration. This phenomenon has been characterized in both herbaceous and woody plants. Here, different adaptation strategies of roots from two maize (Zea mays L., ZmAGOs) inbred lines differing in nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) and exhibiting different timing of induction were discussed by investigating NO₃⁻‐induced changes in their transcriptome. Lo5 line (high NUE) showing the maximum rate of NO₃⁻ uptake 4 h after the provision of 200 μmol/L NO₃⁻ treatment modulated a higher number of transcripts relative to T250 (low NUE) that peaked after 12 h. The two inbred lines share only 368 transcripts that are modulated by the treatment with NO₃⁻ and behaved differently when transcripts involved in anion uptake and assimilation were analyzed. T250 line responded to the NO …