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Osmotic regulation beyond nitrate nutrients in plant resistance to stress: a review

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Nitrate (NO3−) not only serves as an essential nutrient to ensure plant growth and development and is involved in protein and nucleic acid synthesis, NO3− stored in vacuoles can also reduce osmotic potential to help plants absorb water under changeable stress conditions. Moreover, effective remobilization of stored NO3− is important to maintain plant development in nature. In this paper, we review the literature on the role of NO3− stored vacuoles in osmotic regulation and NO3− remobilization under stress conditions, particularly for halophytes under salinity stress. Knowledge of how halophytes deal with adverse effects by using NO3− as an osmolyte will be helpful for making better decisions to improve abiotic stress resistance in plant production.

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He, R., Liu, Y., Song, C. et al. Osmotic regulation beyond nitrate nutrients in plant resistance to stress: a review. Plant Growth Regul 103, 1–8 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10725-023-01093-y

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