Optimisation of Potassium Chloride Nutrition for Proper Growth, Physiological Development and Bioactive Component Production in Prunella vulgaris L

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Yuhang ^a,b,c   Yu, Manman ^a   Zhu, Zaibiao ^a   Zhang, Lixia ^a   Guo, Qiaosheng ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c Structure Specificity of Small Molecules for Drug Research Univ Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHLOROPHYLL; FLAVONOID; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; OLEANOLIC ACID; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; ROSMARINIC ACID; URSOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT NUTRITION; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SPINE; PLANT YIELD; PRUNELLA; PRUNELLA VULGARIS; SEEDLING; SHOOT; STARVATION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER CONTENT; WATER LOSS;

CHLOROPHYLL; CINNAMATES; DEPSIDES; FLAVONOIDS; NITROGEN; OLEANOLIC ACID; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PRUNELLA; TRITERPENES; WATER;

EMBRYOPHYTA; PRUNELLA VULGARIS;

EID: 84879907252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066259     Document Type: Article

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