Humic substances affect Arabidopsis physiology by altering the expression of genes involved in primary metabolism, growth and development

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-55

  Trevisan, Sara ^a   Botton, Alessandro ^a   Vaccaro, Silvia ^a   Vezzaro, Alice ^a   Quaggiotti, Silvia ^a   Nardi, Serenella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; CDNA AFLP; Development; Gene expression; Gene Ontology; Humic substances; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DICOTYLEDON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 80054044945     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2011.04.017     Document Type: Article

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