Nitrate assimilation in contrasting wheat genotypes

Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-144

  Jain, Vanita ^a   Khetarpal, Sangeeta ^b   Das, Rajib ^b   Abrol, Yash Pal ^c  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c Indian Nitrogen Group SCON NAS Complex   (India)

Author keywords

Glutamate synthase; Glutamine synthetase; Nitrate reductase; Nitrate uptake; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79958039478     PISSN: 09715894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12298-011-0061-y     Document Type: Article

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