Seasonal protease activity in storage tissue of the deciduous grass Molinia caerulea

New Phytologist

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-81

  Thornton, B ^a   Bausenwein, U ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Molinia caerulea; Nitrogen remobilization; Protease activity; Seasonal shoot growth

Indexed keywords

CLONE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTERNODE; NITROGEN 15; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PH; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PROTEINASE; SAND CULTURE; SEASONALITY; STORAGE; TISSUE;

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

MOLINIA CAERULEA;

EID: 0034051091     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2000.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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