Lateral root frequency decreases when nitrate accumulates in tobacco transformants with low nitrate reductase activity: Consequences for the regulation of biomass partitioning between shoots and root

Plant and Soil

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-153

  Stitt, Mark ^a   Feil, Regina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nitrate; Shoot root allocation; Signalling

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITRATE; ROOT;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0033507424     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004676605336     Document Type: Article

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