Nitrate assimilation is inhibited by elevated CO2 in field-grown wheat

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 477-480

  Bloom, Arnold J ^a   Burger, Martin ^a   Kimball, Bruce A ^b   Pinter, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b US ARID LAND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; INHIBITION; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; WHEAT;

ARIZONA; MARICOPA COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901601795     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2183     Document Type: Article

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