Expanding the menu for carnivorous plants: Uptake of potassium, iron and manganese by carnivorous pitcher plants

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2117-2122

  Adlassnig, Wolfram ^a   Steinhauser, Georg ^b   Peroutka, Marianne ^a   Musilek, Andreas ^b   Sterba, Johannes H ^b   Lichtscheidl, Irene K ^a   Bichler, Max ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b TU WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carnivorous plants; Nutrient uptake; Pitcher plants

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION RATES; ACTIVE PROCESS; CARNIVOROUS PLANTS; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS; FERTILISERS; GLANDULAR CELLS; NATURAL HABITAT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONCENTRATIONS; PITCHER PLANTS; PREY CAPTURE;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; MANGANESE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

NUTRIENTS;

AZIDE; IRON; MANGANESE; POTASSIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; TRACER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CARNIVOROUS PLANT; CELL DAMAGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GAMMA RADIATION; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT CELL; PLANT LEAF; PLANT TISSUE; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

IRON; MANGANESE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PLANTS; POTASSIUM;

EID: 70349792858     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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