Variability of nitrogen uptake and assimilation among N-efficient and N-inefficient wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes

Journal of Plant Interactions

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 367-375

  Chandna, Ruby ^a,c   Hakeem, Khalid Rehman ^a   Khan, Faheema ^b   Ahmad, Altaf ^a   Iqbal, Muhammad ^a,b  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENOME RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

N absorption and assimilation; N uptake; nitrate; Real time pcr; wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867617708     PISSN: 17429145     EISSN: 17429153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17429145.2011.641229     Document Type: Article

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