Application of the split root technique to study iron uptake in cucumber plants

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 57, Issue , 2012, Pages 168-174

  De Nisi, Patrizia ^a   Vigani, Gianpiero ^a   Dell'Orto, Marta ^a   Zocchi, Graziano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cucumis sativus; Fe deficiency response; Fe(III) chelate reductase; H+ ATPase; Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase

Indexed keywords

IRON; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; CUCUMBER; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IRON; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PLANT ROOTS; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 84862227820     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2012.05.022     Document Type: Article

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