Mechanisms of ammonium toxicity and the quest for tolerance

R Esteban, I Ariz, C Cruz, JF Moran - Plant Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Ammonium sensitivity of plants is a worldwide problem, constraining crop production.
Prolonged application of ammonium as the sole nitrogen source may result in physiological …

[HTML][HTML] Unravelling the roles of nitrogen nutrition in plant disease defences

Y Sun, M Wang, LAJ Mur, Q Shen, S Guo - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nitrogen (N) is one of the most important elements that has a central impact on plant growth
and yield. N is also widely involved in plant stress responses, but its roles in host-pathogen …

Overcoming ammonium toxicity

A Bittsánszky, K Pilinszky, G Gyulai, T Komives - Plant Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Ammonia (ammonium ion under physiological conditions) is one of the key nitrogen sources
in cellular amino acid biosynthesis. It is continuously produced in living organisms by a …

[HTML][HTML] Excessive nitrogen application dampens antioxidant capacity and grain filling in wheat as revealed by metabolic and physiological analyses

L Kong, Y Xie, L Hu, J Si, Z Wang - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
In this study, field-grown wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) was treated with normal (Nn) and
excessive (Ne) levels of fertilizer N. Results showed that Ne depressed the activity of …

Nitrate addition alleviates ammonium toxicity without lessening ammonium accumulation, organic acid depletion and inorganic cation depletion in Arabidopsis …

T Hachiya, CK Watanabe, M Fujimoto… - Plant and Cell …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
When ammonium is the sole nitrogen (N) source, plant growth is suppressed compared with
the situation where nitrate is the N source. This is commonly referred to as ammonium …

[HTML][HTML] Unravelling the different causes of nitrate and ammonium effects on coral bleaching

L Fernandes de Barros Marangoni, C Ferrier-Pagès… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Mass coral bleaching represents one of the greatest threats to coral reefs and has mainly
been attributed to seawater warming. However, reduced water quality can also interact with …

Exploring ammonium tolerance in a large panel of Arabidopsis thaliana natural accessions

A Sarasketa, MB González-Moro… - Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Plants are dependent on exogenous nitrogen (N) supply. Ammonium (NH 4+), together with
nitrate (NO 3–), is one of the main nitrogenous compounds available in the soil …

Perturbations of amino acid metabolism associated with glyphosate-dependent inhibition of shikimic acid metabolism affect cellular redox homeostasis and alter the …

PD Vivancos, SP Driscoll, CA Bulman, L Ying… - Plant …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The herbicide glyphosate inhibits the shikimate pathway of the synthesis of amino acids
such as phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan. However, much uncertainty remains …

[HTML][HTML] Nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in rice links to NH4 + toxicity and futile NH4 + cycling in roots

G Chen, S Guo, HJ Kronzucker, W Shi - Plant and Soil, 2013 - Springer
Aims Rice is known as an ammonium (NH 4+)-tolerant species. Nevertheless, rice can suffer
NH 4+ toxicity, and excessive use of nitrogen (N) fertilizer has raised NH 4+ in many paddy …

[HTML][HTML] Ammonium Phytotoxicity and tolerance: An insight into ammonium nutrition to improve crop productivity

J Shilpha, J Song, BR Jeong - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ammonium sensitivity is considered a globally stressful condition that affects overall crop
productivity. The major toxic symptom associated with ammonium nutrition is growth …