The 'trade-off' between synthesis of primary and secondary compounds in young tomato leaves is altered by nitrate nutrition: Experimental evidence and model consistency

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 4301-4314

  Bot, Jacques Le ^a   Bénard, Camille ^b   Robin, Christophe ^b   Bourgaud, Frédéric ^b   Adamowicz, Stéphane ^a  

^a Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Growth differentiation balance hypothesis (GDBH); Leaf composition; Major phenolics (chlorogenic acid, rutin and kaempferol rutinoside); Model; Nitrate limitation; Primary C compounds

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; TOMATO;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRATES; PHENOLS; PLANT LEAVES;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 70350691884     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp271     Document Type: Article

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