Responses of the fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase and glutamate dehydrogenase activities of alfalfa to boron, gypsum, and limestone amendments of soil

Photosynthetica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 307-312

  Osuji, G O ^a   Haby, V A ^b   Chessman, D J ^c   Leonard, A T ^b  

^a PO Box 4079   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Box 13000 SFA Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Al toxicity; Ca B antagonism; Calvin cycle; chlorophyll; free nucleotides; hexose; Medicago sativa; nucleotides; proteins

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 4544293187     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PHOT.0000040606.16109.61     Document Type: Article

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