Xylem exudation is related to nitrate assimilation pathway in detopped maize seedlings: Use of nitrate reductase and glutamine synthetase inhibitors as tools

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 47, Issue 297, 1996, Pages 485-495

  Barthes, Laure ^a   Deléens, Eliane ^a   Bousser, Agnès ^a   Hoarau, Jackson ^a   Prioul, Jean Louis ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT SCIENCES PARIS SACLAY IPS2   (France)

Author keywords

Conductance; Exudation; GS; Maize; Nitrate; NR

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 17544370956     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/47.4.485     Document Type: Article

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