Activity of nitrate reductase and glutamine synthetase in shoot and root of mycorrhizal Allium cepa effect of drought stress

Plant Science

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Azcón, Rosario ^a   Tobar, Rosa María ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Drought stress; Nitrogen assimilation

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MYCORRHIZA; ONION; PLANT; STRESS;

ALLIUM CEPA; GLOMUS FASCICULATUM;

EID: 0032489776     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(96)04533-5     Document Type: Article

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