Dynamics of nitrogen remobilization in defoliated Phleum pratense and Festuca pratensis under short and long photoperiods

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 426-436

  Bakken, Anne Kjersti ^a   Macduff, James H ^b   Collison, Mike ^b  

^a Kvithamar Research Centre   (Norway)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Defoliation; Festuca pratensis; Meadow fescue; Nitrate; Nitrogen; Phleum pratense; Photoperiod; Remobilization; Timothy; Uptake

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT METABOLISM;

FESTUCA PRATENSIS; PHLEUM PRATENSE;

EID: 0031857743     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1998.1030316.x     Document Type: Article

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