More than a 600-fold variation in nitrogen dioxide assimilation among 217 plant taxa

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 180-190

  Morikawa, H ^a   Higaki, A ^a   Nohno, M ^a   Takahashi, M ^a   Kamada, M ^a   Nakata, M ^a   Toyohara, G ^a   Okamura, Y ^b   Matsui, K ^b   Kitani, S ^b   Fujita, K ^a   Irifune, K ^a   Goshima, N ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Compositae; Fumigation; Herbaceous plants; Myrtaceae; Nitrogen dioxide; Nitrogen metabolism; NO2 assimilation; NO2 philic plant; Woody plants

Indexed keywords

EUCALYPTUS VIMINALIS; MAGNOLIA KOBUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; POPULUS NIGRA; SOLIDAGO ALTISSIMA; TILANDSIA CAPUT-MEDUSAE; TILANDSIA IONANTHA;

EID: 0031832442     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1998.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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