Induction of nitrate uptake and nitrate reductase activity in trembling aspen and lodgepole pine

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1039-1046

  Min, X ^a   Siddiqi, M Y ^a   Guy, R D ^a   Glass, A D M ^a   Kronzucker, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Induction; Lodgepole pine; Nitrate influx; Nitrate reductase; Nitrogen nutrition; Trembling aspen

Indexed keywords

PINUS CONTORTA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0031768606     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1998.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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