Uptake of amino acids by the aquatic resurrection plant Chamaegigas intrepidus and its implication for N nutrition

Oecologia

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 63-69

  Schiller, Petra ^a   Heilmeier, Hermann ^a   Hartung, Wolfram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Chamaegigas intrepidus; Glycine uptake; Nitrogen sources; Resurrection plant

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032405660     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050632     Document Type: Article

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