Organic nitrogen uptake of Scots pine seedlings is independent of current carbohydrate supply

Tree Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 590-600

  Gruffman, Linda ^a   Palmroth, Sari ^a,b   Näsholm, Torgny ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

amino acid; ammonium; arginine; carbon; conifer; energy; girdling; inorganic nitrogen; nitrate; photoassimilates; Pinus sylvestris; uptake rates

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; ARGININE; CARBON; NITRATE; NITROGEN; STARCH;

AMINO ACID; AMMONIUM; BIOENERGETICS; CARBOHYDRATE; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SEEDLING; SOIL NITROGEN; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONIFER; ENERGY; GIRDLING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INORGANIC NITROGEN; METABOLISM; PHLOEM; PHOTOASSIMILATES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SCOTS PINE; SEEDLING; TREE; UPTAKE RATES;

AMINO ACID; AMMONIUM; ARGININE; CARBON; CONIFER; ENERGY; GIRDLING; INORGANIC NITROGEN; NITRATE; PHOTOASSIMILATES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; UPTAKE RATES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ARGININE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PHLOEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; SEEDLING; STARCH; TREES;

EID: 84880259857     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpt041     Document Type: Article

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