A comparison of ammonium, nitrate and proton net fluxes along seedling roots of Douglas-fir and lodgepole pine grown and measured with different inorganic nitrogen sources

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 278-287

  Hawkins, B J ^a   Boukcim, H ^b   Plassard, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b MONTPELLIER SUPAGRO   (France)

Author keywords

Ammonium uptake; Conifer seedlings ion flux; Ion selective microelectrodes; MIFE system; Nitrate uptake; Pinus contorta; Proton flux; Pseudotsuga menziesii

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITROGEN; PROTON; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

AMMONIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITRATE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SEEDLING;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUGLAS FIR; METABOLISM; PINE; PLANT ROOT; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

NITRATES; NITROGEN; PINUS; PLANT ROOTS; PROTONS; PSEUDOTSUGA; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEEDLING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS CONTORTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 38849105576     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2007.01760.x     Document Type: Article

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