Direct measurement of release and assimilation of ammonia in the Gunnera-Nostoc symbiosis

New Phytologist

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 617-625

  Silvester, Warwick B ^a,b   Parsons, Richard ^a   Watt, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Asparagine; Gunnera; N2 fixation; Nostoc

Indexed keywords

GUNNERA; GUNNERA MAGELLANICA; NOSTOC;

EID: 0000249196     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1996.tb01880.x     Document Type: Article

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