Mycorrhizal colonization and drought stress as factors affecting nitrate reductase activity in lettuce plants

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 175-181

  Ruiz Lozano, J M ^a   Azcon R ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Drought; N assimilation; NR

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030477489     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(96)01074-2     Document Type: Article

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