Changes of Nitrate Reductase Activity in Cucumber Seedlings in Response to Nitrate Stress

Agricultural Sciences in China

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 216-222

  YANG, Xiao yu ^a   WANG, Xiu feng ^a   WEI, Min ^a   YANG, Feng juan ^a   SHI, Qing hua ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cucumber; nitrate reductase; nitrate stress; NO3 concentration

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 76549102268     PISSN: 16712927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1671-2927(09)60086-9     Document Type: Article

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