Ammonia production and assimilation: Its importance as a tolerance mechanism during moderate water deficit in tomato plants

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 168, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 816-823

  Sánchez Rodríguez, Eva ^a   Rubio Wilhelmi, María del Mar ^a   Ríos, Juan José ^a   Blasco, Begoña ^a   Rosales, Miguel Ángel ^a   Melgarejo, Rubén ^a   Romero, Luis ^a   Ruiz, Juan Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ammonia; GS GOGAT cycle; Nitrate reductase; Nitrogen assimilation; Photorespiration; Solanum lycopersicum L.; Water stress

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL RESPIRATION; DEHYDRATION; DROUGHT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TOMATO;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; BIOMASS; CELL RESPIRATION; DEHYDRATION; DROUGHTS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM VAR. CERASIFORME; SOLANUM;

EID: 79953098281     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2010.11.018     Document Type: Article

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