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Nitrogen use efficiency of tomorrow

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Climate change has already impacted nitrogen use and crop production. Nitrogen and climate scientists have to work together to understand future agricultural nitrogen use and adapt nitrogen management in a changing climate.

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Fig. 1: Nitrogen and water co-limitation experiment in winter wheat with the goal of improving NUE by improving management of both fertilization and irrigation.
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L.L. acknowledges financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (AgroSceNA-UP, PID2019-107972RB-I00).

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  1. CEIGRAM/Department of Agricultural Production, ETSIAAB, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Luis Lassaletta & Miguel Quemada

  2. Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

    Rasmus Einarsson

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Lassaletta, L., Einarsson, R. & Quemada, M. Nitrogen use efficiency of tomorrow. Nat Food 4, 281–282 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00740-x

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