Nutritional and osmotic roles of nitrate in a euhalophyte and a xerophyte in saline conditions

New Phytologist

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 357-366

  Song, Jie ^a,b   Ding, Xiaodong ^a   Feng, Gu ^a   Zhang, Fusuo ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Euhalophyte; Haloxylon persicum; NaCl; NO3 ; Osmotic adjustment; Suaeda physophora; Xerophyte

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ION; NITRATE; NITROGEN; OSMOTIC DIURETIC AGENT; PROLINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSMOSIS; PLANT; SALINITY; SEEDLING;

ARTICLE; GOOSEFOOT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM;

AMINO ACIDS; CHENOPODIACEAE; DIURETICS, OSMOTIC; IONS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PROLINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

HALOXYLON PERSICUM; SUAEDA PHYSOPHORA; XEROPHYTA;

EID: 33745217571     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01748.x     Document Type: Article

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