Nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in rice crop is needed for environmentally and economically sustainable agriculture.
Ten rice genotypes were grown under low and recommended dose of N and characterized for yield related components and NUE indicators.
Two genotypes, Rasi and Varadhan have shown minimum differences between low and recommended N conditions.
Correlation analysis of various yield components showed the importance of the secondary branches for the total grains under low N.
qRT analysis of OsSPL14 (LOC_Os08g39890) gene has shown differential temporal and spatial expression and its association with yield.
OsSPL14, a functional transcription activator is being suggested to play a role for nitrogen metabolism and yield genes in rice.