Physiological adaptations for nitrogen use efficiency in sorghum

Plant and Soil

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-34

  Maranville, Jerry W ^a   Madhavan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation efficiency indices; Carbon isotope discrimination; Carboxylating enzymes; Immunoblots; Nitrogen stress; Nitrogen use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; NITROGEN; PHYSIOLOGY; SORGHUM;

EID: 1842711809     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020660504596     Document Type: Article

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