Photosynthate costs associated with the utilization of different nitrogen-forms: Influence on the carbon balance of plants and shoot-root biomass partitioning

New Phytologist

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-11

  Zerihun, Ayalsew ^a,b   McKenzie, Bruce A ^a   Morton, James D ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass partitioning; Nitrogen form and assimilation; Phaseolus vulgaris; Photosynthate cost; Protein synthesis and turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031806186     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00893.x     Document Type: Article

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