{"id":111,"date":"2025-07-22T12:08:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T12:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/?p=111"},"modified":"2025-07-23T10:19:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T10:19:53","slug":"bric-nipgr-scientists-demonstrate-improved-fertilizer-uptake-in-rice-by-gene-editing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/bric-nipgr-scientists-demonstrate-improved-fertilizer-uptake-in-rice-by-gene-editing\/","title":{"rendered":"BRIC-NIPGR Scientists demonstrate improved fertilizer uptake in rice by gene editing"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"111\" class=\"elementor elementor-111\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ad2af8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1ad2af8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7e6409 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b7e6409\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"966\" height=\"637\" src=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/res9.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-112\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/res9.png 966w, https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/res9-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/nipgr.ac.in\/nipgrv4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/res9-768x506.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62950363 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"62950363\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fd571fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4fd571fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Gene promoter-edited Rice lines with improved grain yield in low<br \/>phosphate soil<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>India imports almost 4.5 million tonnes of Diammonium phosphate (DAP), a phosphate fertilizer for agriculture. Rice occupies approximately 36% of India\u2019s cultivable land and is therefore the largest consumer of phosphate (Pi) fertilizers. However, only about 20% of the applied phosphate fertilizer is utilized by the crop, while the rest becomes fixed in the soil. As a result, there is a need to improve rice for better phosphorus use efficiency. Dr. Jitender Giri\u2019s lab at BRIC-NIPGR in New Delhi has generated rice lines that demonstrate improved Pi uptake and grain yield, even in soils fertilized with lower phosphate levels. His team has employed innovative gene-editing tool CRISPR\/Cas9, which provide unmatched precision for targeted genetic modifications aimed at enhancing plant functions. Rice absorbs phosphate through its roots and transfers it to the above-ground shoots with the aid of a Pi transporter named OsPHO1;2. Regulatory elements located upstream of the gene govern the expression of OsPHO1;2. They identified a short sequence within the promoter of OsPHO1;2 that acts as a binding site for a negative regulator, known as a repressor, which modulates the expression of the OsPHO1;2 gene. This group employed an innovative approach by using CRISPR\/Cas9 to eliminate the repressor binding site from the OsPHO1;2 gene&#8217;s promoter. The resulting plants displayed increased expression of OsPHO1;2, leading to enhanced Pi uptake from the soil and ultimately 26% improved grain yield under low phosphate condition over the control plants. Rice lines with enhanced phosphate use efficiency will decrease the need for phosphate<br \/>fertilizers in rice, lowering cultivation input costs, preventing fertilizer loss into water bodies, subsequently minimizing pollution.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gene promoter-edited Rice lines with improved grain yield in lowphosphate soil India imports almost 4.5 million tonnes of Diammonium phosphate 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