Foliar absorption and root translocation of nitrogen from different chemical forms in seedlings of two Mediterranean trees

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 104, Issue , 2014, Pages 34-43

  Uscola, Mercedes ^a   Villar Salvador, Pedro ^a   Oliet, Juan ^b   Warren, Charles R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b Technical University of Madrid   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonium nitrate; Cuticular conductance; Glycine; Pinus halepensis; Quercus ilex; Urea

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS TREE; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); LEAF; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRITION; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; ROOT; SEEDLING; TRANSLOCATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84898680971     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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