Possible causes of the physiological decline in soybean nitrogen fixation in the presence of nitrate

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 309, 1997, Pages 905-913

  Arrese Igor, Cesar ^a   Minchin, Frank R ^b   Gordon, Anthony J ^b   Nath, Amarjit K ^c  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DR Y S PARMAR UNIVERSITY OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY   (India)

Author keywords

Glycine max; Nitrate; Nitrogen fixation; Nodules

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0030953665     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/48.4.905     Document Type: Article

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