Nitrate reductase activity of diverse grain sorghum genotypes and its relationship to nitrogen use efficiency

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 863-869

  Traore, Abdoulaye ^a   Maranville, Jerry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AGROCHEMICAL PRODUCTION; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BIOMASS; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMIC REDUCTION; GENOTYPE; GRAIN YIELD; GROWTH PERIOD; HYBRID; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PLANT RESIDUE; TROPICS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 0033410183     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj1999.915863x     Document Type: Article

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