Nitrate reductase and molybdenum cofactor in annual ryegrass as affected by salinity and nitrogen source

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 546-553

  Sagi, M ^a   Savidov, N A ^a   L'vov, N P ^b   Lips, S H ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BACH INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Lolium multiflorum; MoCo; nitrate; nitrate reductase; ryegrass; salinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030959869     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.990405.x     Document Type: Article

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