Nitrate reduction in ramets of a clonal plant Eichhornia crassipes responding to nitrate availability during clonal growth stage

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 171-174

  Li, W G ^a,b   Wang, J L ^c   Shen, J J ^a   Wang, J B ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Inter connected ramets; Nitrate reductase activity; Relative growth rate

Indexed keywords

EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES;

EID: 62949206629     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-009-0028-9     Document Type: Article

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