Impact of pedospheric and atmospheric sulphur nutrition on sulphur metabolism of Allium cepa L., a species with a potential sink capacity for secondary sulphur compounds

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 404, 2004, Pages 1821-1830

  Durenkamp, Mark ^a   De Kok, Luit J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

glutamyl peptides; Alliins; Allium cepa; Hydrogen sulphide; Onion; Secondary sulphur compounds; Sulphate; Sulphur deficiency; Sulphur deprivation; Sulphur metabolism; Thiols

Indexed keywords

METABOLISM; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

SHOOTS; SULPHATE UPTAKE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SULFUR; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ATMOSPHERE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; ONION; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; TIME;

ATMOSPHERE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ONIONS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFUR; TIME FACTORS;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 4344602109     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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