Nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in rice links to NH4+ toxicity and futile NH4+ cycling in roots

Plant and Soil

Volumn 369, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 351-363

  Chen, Gui ^a,b   Guo, Shiwei ^c   Kronzucker, Herbert J ^d   Shi, Weiming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nitrogen use efficiency; Rice; Root respiration

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; HYDROPONICS; INHIBITION; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PADDY FIELD; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; RICE; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

EID: 84880835656     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1575-y     Document Type: Article

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