Growth-limiting phosphate nutrition suppresses nitrate accumulation in greenhouse lettuce

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 335, 1999, Pages 813-821

  Buwalda, Frank ^a   Warmenhoven, Mary ^a  

^a Res Stn Floric Glasshouse V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass partitioning; Carbohydrate accumulation; Growth limitation; Lactuca sativa L.; Nitrate accumulation; Nitrate reduction; Nitrate uptake; Phosphate deficiency; Simulation model; Source sink; Turgor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033012746     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/50.335.813     Document Type: Article

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