Effect of nitrates and sucrose on the induction of nitrate reductase in etiolated seedling leaves from selected barley genotypes in darkness

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 363-368

  Gniazdowska Skoczek, Halina ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Barley; Darkness; Doubled haploid; Nitrate reductase; Nitrates content; Stability; Sucrose content

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032423402     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-998-0021-5     Document Type: Article

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