Agricultural and Biological Sciences
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Unlocking Plant Power: Enzyme Discovery Could Boost Crop Growth

Physiologia Plantarum
Nitrate reductase and its role in nitrate assimilation in plants
Wilbur Campbell

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Nitrate reductase is an enzyme in plants that helps them use nitrate. It gets activated by nitrate and helps regulate how plants absorb and use nitrate. Scientists have studied this enzyme a lot and now understand its role in nitrate assimilation better.