Ammonium, nitrate, and proton fluxes along the maize root

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1255-1263

  Taylor, A R ^a,b   Bloom, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Microelectrode; Nitrate; Proton flux

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032421122     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1998.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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