Review: Nitrogen assimilation in crop plants and its affecting factors

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 399-405

  Mokhele, Bataung ^a   Zhan, Xianjin ^b   Yang, Guozheng ^a   Zhang, Xianlong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Cash Crops Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Absorption; Assimilation; Environmental factors; Nitrate reductase; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; LEAF; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; METABOLISM; NITRATE; NITRITE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PH; PROTEIN; SOIL NITROGEN; TRANSPIRATION; UREA;

EID: 84859951262     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: 19181833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJPS2011-135     Document Type: Review

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