Localization and quantification of net fluxes of H+ along maize roots by combined use of pH-indicator dye videodensitometry and H+-selective microelectrodes

Plant and Soil

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-39

  Plassard, Claude ^a   Meslem, Messaoud ^a,b   Souche, Gérard ^a   Jaillard, Beoît ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b FERHAT ABBAS UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Ammonium; H+ flux; H+ selective microelectrode; Mineral uptake; Nitrate; PH indicator dye; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032702146     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004560208777     Document Type: Article

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