Intra-specific variation in pea responses to ammonium nutrition leads to different degrees of tolerance

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 70, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 233-243

  Cruz, Cristina ^a   Domínguez Valdivia, María Dolores ^b   Aparicio Tejo, Pedro María ^c   Lamsfus, Carmen ^b   Bio, Ana ^d   Martins Loução, Maria Amélia ^a   Moran, Jose Fernando ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ammonium nutrition; Ammonium stress; Ammonium tolerance; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Glutamine synthetase; Pisum sativum L.

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMMONIUM; ANTIBODY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYDROPONICS; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LEGUME; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOMASS; RESPIRATION; TOLERANCE;

PISUM SATIVUM; SATIVUM;

EID: 78649334911     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2010.09.014     Document Type: Article

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