“…In wheat production, fertilization and watering strategies are also often considered for quality improvement ( Li et al, 2018 , 2019b ; Yu et al, 2018a , 2021 ). As nitrogen (N) is one of the most important and essential elements for wheat, N fertilizer is usually the most efficient input for simultaneously increasing grain protein content and grain yield in wheat production ( Zebarth et al, 2007 ; Malik et al, 2013 ; Zhen et al, 2018 , 2020 ; Zhong et al, 2018 , 2020 ; Ding et al, 2020 ; Xia et al, 2020 ; Hermans et al, 2021 ; Landolfi et al, 2021 ; Lyu et al, 2021 ; Dong et al, 2022 ; Liu et al, 2022 ; Ma et al, 2022 ). Kichey et al (2007) demonstrated that 50–95% of nitrogen in mature grains is derived from the remobilization of nitrogen stored in the tissues before anthesis.…”