Responses of cucumber plant to NH4+ and NO3- nutrition: The relative addition rate technique vs. cultivation at constant nitrogen concentration

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 397-403

  Roosta, Hamid R ^a   Sajjadinia, Abdoreza ^a   Rahimi, Asghar ^a   Schjoerring, Jan K ^b  

^a VALI E ASR UNIVERSITY OF RAFSANJAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Cucumis sativus; Glutamine synthetase; Nitrate reductase; Relative addition rate technique

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIUM; CLIMBING PLANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RESPONSE; NITRATE; PHYTOMASS; PHYTOTOXICITY; WEIGHT;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 65549130552     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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