Local NO3- or NH4+ supply modifies the root system architecture of Cedrus atlantica seedlings grown in a split-root device

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 163, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1293-1304

  Boukcim, Hassan ^a   Pagès, Loïc ^b   Mousain, Daniel ^a  

^a UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

^b Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Cedrus atlantica; Local supply; Nitrate; Root system

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NITRATES;

LATERAL ROOTS; ROOT SYSTEMS; TAP ROOTS;

SEED;

AMMONIA; CEDRUS ATLANTICA; CONCENTRATION; ELONGATION; NITRATES; SEEDS;

CEDRUS; CEDRUS ATLANTICA;

NITRATE; NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CEDRUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SEEDLING;

BIOMASS; CEDRUS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEEDLING;

EID: 33751299246     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2005.08.011     Document Type: Article

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