Accumulation of nitrate in the shoot acts as a signal to regulate shoot-root allocation in tobacco

Plant Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 671-691

  Scheible, Wolf Rüdiger ^a   Lauerer, Marianne ^b   Schulze, Ernst Detlef ^b   Caboche, Michel ^c   Stitt, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

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EID: 0030949331     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.11040671.x     Document Type: Article

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