Exogenous calcium affects nitrogen metabolism in root-zone hypoxia-stressed muskmelon roots and enhances short-term hypoxia tolerance

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 168, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1217-1225

  Gao, Hongbo ^a,b   Jia, Yongxia ^a   Guo, Shirong ^a   Lv, Guiyun ^b   Wang, Tian ^a   Juan, Li ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

Author keywords

Calcium; Hypoxia tolerance; Hypoxic stress; Muskmelon; Nitrogen metabolism

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CALCIUM; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; POLYAMINE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CANTALOUPE; CELL HYPOXIA; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; SEEDLING;

AMINO ACIDS; CALCIUM; CELL HYPOXIA; CUCUMIS MELO; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PLANT ROOTS; POLYAMINES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEEDLING;

CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 79956337566     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2011.01.022     Document Type: Article

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