Drought and air pollution affect nitrogen cycling and free radical scavenging in Pinus halepensis (mill.)

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 47, Issue 302, 1996, Pages 1361-1367

  Wellburn, Florence A M ^a   Lau, Ka Keung ^a   Milling, Penny M K ^a   Wellburn, Alan R ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aleppo pine; ascorbate; ELISA; ethene; glutathione reductase; nitrate reductase

Indexed keywords

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 0030468550     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/47.9.1361     Document Type: Article

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