Role of oxygen limitation and nitrate metabolism in the nitrate inhibition of nitrogen fixation by pea

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-50

  Kaiser, Brent N ^a   Layzell, David B ^b   Shelp, Barry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Legume rhizobium symbiosis; N2 fixation; Nitrate; Nitrate reductase mutant; Nitrate uptake and assimilation; Nitrogenase inhibition; Oxygen limitation; Pea; Pisum sativum

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; MUTANT; NITRATE METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULE; OXYGEN LIMITATION;

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0031394532     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1010107.x     Document Type: Article

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