The nitrogen and nitrate economy of butterhead lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. capitata L.)

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 390, 2003, Pages 2081-2090

  Broadley, Martin R ^a,d   Seginer, Ido ^b   Burns, Amanda ^a   Escobar Gutiérrez, Abraham J ^c   Burns, Ian G ^a   White, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effective day degree (EDD); Excess carbon; Nicolet; Nitrate; Osmotica balance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUTRITION;

HUSBANDRY;

CULTIVATION;

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROPONICS; LETTUCE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PLANT LEAF;

HYDROPONICS; LETTUCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS;

CAPITATA; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 0042877206     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg222     Document Type: Article

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