Water availability - A physiological constraint on nitrate utilization in plants of Australian semi-arid mulga woodlands

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1149-1159

  Erskine, P D ^a   Stewart, G R ^a   Schmidt, S ^a   Turnbull, M H ^a   Unkovich, M ^b   Pate, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

glycine betaine; mulga ecosystem; nitrate reductase; polyols; proline; water stress

Indexed keywords

MULGA WOODLAND; NITRATE UTILIZATION; NITROGEN; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND;

ACACIA ANEURA; MIMOSACEAE;

EID: 0030303394     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1996.tb00430.x     Document Type: Article

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