Differential effect of ammonium on the induction of nitrate and nitrite reductase activities in roots of barley (Hordeum vulgare) seedlings

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 612-619

  Aslam, Muhammad ^a   Travis, Robert L ^a   Rains, D William ^a   Huffaker, Ray C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Barley; Hordeum vulgare; Induction; Nitrate reductase; Nitrite reductase; Roots

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM VULGARE;

EID: 0031474545     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1010323.x     Document Type: Article

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