Role of ammonium to limit nitrate accumulation and to increase water economy in wild swiss chard

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 821-836

  Hessini, Kamel ^a   Lachaâl, Mokhtar ^b   Cruz, Cristina ^c   Soltani, Abdelaziz ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE BORJ CÉDRIA   (Tunisia)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Growth; Hydroponic culture; Mineral nutrition; Nitrogen availability; Water relations Received

Indexed keywords

BETA MACROCARPA; BETA VULGARIS CICLA;

EID: 69249100894     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904160902787917     Document Type: Article

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