Effects of blue light supplementation to red light on nitrate reductase activity in leaves of rice seedlings

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 711, Issue , 2006, Pages 351-355

  Ohashi, K K ^a   Goji, K ^a   Matsuda, R ^a   Fujiwara, K ^a   Kurata, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Light quality; Nitrate reductase; Rice plant

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749262305     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2006.711.48     Document Type: Conference Paper

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