Nitrogen storage and its interaction with carbohydrates of young apple trees in response to nitrogen supply

Tree Physiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-98

  Cheng, Lailiang ^a   Ma, Fengwang ^a   Ranwala, Damayanthi ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

C N ratio; Foliar urea; Free amino acids; Malus domestica; Nitrogen fertigation; Proteins; Total nonstructural carbohydrates (TNC)

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HORTICULTURE; NITROGEN; NUTRITION;

MALUS; MALUS DOMESTICA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 1642450660     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/24.1.91     Document Type: Article

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