The effects of ammonium on growth, accumulation of free amino acids and nutritional status of young phosphorus deficient Stratiotes aloides plants

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 85-96

  Smolders, A J P ^a   Den Hartog, C ^a   Van Gestel, C B L ^a   Roelofs, J G M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amino acid accumulation; Ammonium toxicity; Asparagine; Phosphorus deficiency; Stratiotes aloides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002273674     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3770(95)01014-9     Document Type: Article

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