NRT1.1B mediates rice plant growth and soil microbial diversity under different nitrogen conditions

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Table 1 Nitrogen fertilizer absorption and use rate and nitrogen-use efficiency of rice expressing NRT1.1B grown under different nitrogen treatment conditions

Type	Treatments	Nitrogen fertilizer use efficiency	Agronomic nitrogen fertilizer use efficiency
XH	1	0 c	0 c
	2	2.32 b	1.54 b
	3	11.46 a	6.12 a
	4	17.31 a	9.56 a
	5	9.02 ab	4.57 ab
CK	1	0 c	0 c
	2	15.48 b	7.23 b
	3	18.91 b	9.61 ab
	4	22.29 ab	11.19 a
	5	26.69 a	9.53 ab

Treatments: 1, 0% N; 2, 25% N; 3, 50% N; 4, 75% N; and 5, 100% N (n = 3). ^{a, b, c}p < 0.05 among corresponding nitrogen application rates and NRT1.1B expression conditions. Abbreviations: XH: Xinhuai 5; CK: Huaidao 5