The metabolic response of plants to oxygen deficiency

Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 83-94

  De Sousa, Carlos Antônio Ferreira ^a   Sodek, Ladaslav ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Fermentation products; Hypoxia; N metabolism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036999749     PISSN: 16770420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1677-04202002000200002     Document Type: Short Survey

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